Just got the email last night that the ASHBM is IN THE MAIL! WooHoo! I am really looking forward to receiving Skyler's dual carry rig for it, too. It seems like the perfect set-up for such a monster. He added a leather buckle strap in place of the usual tie-down thong at my request, which I think will really help with the big blade.
So much camaraderie extended to a guy who does not yet possess a single specimen of the common element! Wow. Andy is obviously right about y'all. I imagine a bunch of folks wearing slightly mad grins, confident that they will soon see some kind of follow up post from a raving, near-delirious, and also grinning, newly born INFI-freak. Your confidence is palpable despite Andy's all too true words about the subjectivity of knives and the fact that mere rhetoric counts for naught. The blades will tell the tale. Yes, I will let y'all know what I think, and I will endeavor to put up some pics of the tan & muddies (new & abused), as well as some of the Skystorm leather rigs. I don't think I have seen any pics yet of any AMS's &/or ASHBM's in mud (or tan canvas?), and some folks may be waiting on their own.
The ability to really and truly bash these things about, which I can't doubt based on the vids, etc, is what sold me on finally trying Busse out. As said, I believe in using knives, but I have always worried about damaging good blades. It will go against all my habits and instincts to stop fretting.
And should I react with a resounding "meh," Andy indeed has first dibs on the sale of my ASHBM
Cheers!