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idahoskunk · Jul 3, 2002

Raindrop · Jul 3, 2002

WOW

This kind of stuff is almost as cool as the knives themselves. You truly do have the "INFI" detector out!

lightweight · Jul 4, 2002

Cool read

utmts4me · Jul 4, 2002

VERY COOL Stinky!!!

idahoskunk · Jul 4, 2002

thanks guys, it all makes scents to me, busse's the only blade to abuse!

Bravado · Jul 4, 2002

papathud · Jul 4, 2002

Did you know there used to be a Busse news-letter

Bravado · Jul 4, 2002

Originally posted by papathud
Did you know there used to be a Busse news-letter
Hey I'd like to see that!

Evolute · Jul 4, 2002

Cool!

Thanks, Stinky.

Does anyone know what kind of steel at what Rockwell hardness was used in the puncture test where the Battle Mistress punctured through half an inch plate with no point damage?

Strabs · Jul 4, 2002

Great shtuff Idaho!

Where did you come across the ads?

idahoskunk · Jul 4, 2002

just lucky i guess, i have bought some knives from people who saved them and sent them with the knives. must be lots of this stuff floating around somewhere?
maybe andre has some of the news letters?
i talked to a guy last week that said he found a bunch of old maps tossed in a dumpster in ohio. they all have riddles and strange hieroglyphics on them. i bought them off him and couldn't make heads or tales out of them. i'll probably send them to busse and see if he can decipher them.
by the way... where is jerry? he hasn't been around here for a while.

utmts4me · Jul 4, 2002

by the way... where is jerry? he hasn't been around here for a while

I figured he's been too busy looking for those maps!

Chip · Jul 4, 2002

Very cool Idaho, thanks for sharing it.

Ron M · Jul 4, 2002

Super Cool

Thanks for info

Andrew Lynch · Jul 4, 2002

Originally posted by Evolute
Does anyone know what kind of steel at what Rockwell hardness was used in the puncture test where the Battle Mistress punctured through half an inch plate with no point damage?

All Battle Mistresses are INFI. The RC was 58-60.

Very interesting reading Skunky, thanks

The specs for the LE BM say the handle material was MP-45 (the plastic the Stealth Hawk is made of). Do you think this is a misprint?

Thanks again Augustus Skunkus Maximus, I mean Idaho

Eric Isaacson · Jul 4, 2002

Idaho,
That is too Cool

I've got a few old Busse Ads (and always looking for more

) but I've never seen this one.

Thanks for sharing it with us

1whobuys · Jul 4, 2002

sevenedges · Jul 4, 2002

Sweet!! Only 297.00 for a combat grade!! I guess I'll have to pick a couple of those bad boys up!!

Strabs · Jul 4, 2002

The specs for the LE BM say the handle material was MP-45 (the plastic the Stealth Hawk is made of). Do you think this is a misprint?

I noticed that too Andrew!
I wonder how many BMLE's escaped the shop with MP-45 slabs?

IIRC there was some MP-45 milled for handles but it caused a lot of wear or problems with Jerry's tooling

viking313 · Jul 4, 2002

Great Stuff!!Thanks for posting that.I remember some of the advertisments from Soldier of Fortune being scaled down versions of that.Cool to see

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