My Tan/Tan collection and contest

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so this is a pretty poor attempt at this... theres some stuff on here that I feel in the back of my brain are mil. over runs, like the noe variants, but I can't remember when they were offered as overruns, or as variants. and the serrated sjtac, I just... feeeeel like its an overrun... I'm assuming that those items that I can figure out as military over runs were offered during the dates that I place next to the names. that tanker a/combat 4 :mad: - I remember it, but not clearly enough to find it.

to me, the real challenge of naming these blades isn't just naming what models, but when they were offered and under what context (mil overrun, variant, special run, standard model). The coolest and most time consuming approach would be to site every reference to mil over runs and variant offers. :thumbup:


I am quoting this so it can't be taken away.


Not scoring yet or nothing but because this was such a great diagram I want it:thumbup:


One hint brother the 2nd one down on left has just been used;) FIx it:thumbup: Everyone note the hint:)

EXTRA credit
Also LVC makes some great points too. I think extra credit is allowed going forward for this diagram. Other cool stuff can earn extrra credit too. ( too be determined by me)
 
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hopefully fixed...

it's gonna take me a loong time to track down even half of the initial postings of the knives in the pictures. but, I did find the initial 2003 offering of the tan assault shakers, so who knows. hopefully the search engine will allow me some actually useful searches.
 
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desert tan assault shaker (desert shaker) - initially posted 06-03-2003, 06:25 PM. no mention of wether they were just a special run or a mil overrun in the post.
Desert Assault Shakers = $127.00
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=259105&highlight=desert+shaker
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254510

heavy duty - 10-27-2005, 01:36 PM
not sure about the price though...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=370401

infi coot - initially posted 03-18-2003, 03:16 PM. less then 200 available, shop mistake cut them out of infi instead of sr101. initial offering price?
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=248260&highlight=inficoot

tanker a/combat 4 - initial posted (on these boards for the u.s. market) 10-17-2003, 07:31 PM
I don't know when the tan numbered editions came out. theres reference to them from at least mid 2004ish on, but I was unable to find the post that showd the tan versions being offered. instead I found a nice pic from progunner, and the initial tanker a offering (wich I remember being just green's)
tanker a price = 227
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=276416&highlight=tanker
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3597828&postcount=4

batac's - 11-01-2007, 10:43 PM
i'm gonna assume these came from 13th anual knob creek... could have come from the intial offering, or the april knob creek.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=503917
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=508914

serrated sjtac - i have yet to find where the heck this one came from...

sjtac - Old 12-06-2004, 05:20 am
since the search terms for the original sjtac offering make it very hard to find (jerry's threads started by ends around 2005, and "sjtac" pulls up looots of threads), i'm going to use this link as a rough time estimate of when they came out (late 2004 early 2005). there have been several shows and ganza's that this particular knife could have come from.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=323775&highlight=sjtac
http://bussecollector.com/gallery/ganza/knobcreek06/
 
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shbm: i have no idea where this came from. I've seen it before, but I don't remember anything about it to be able to do a real search for it...

embrace the suck sjtac:04-02-2008, 12:55 AM
mil overrun
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=545595

argonne assault:02-04-2003, 04:30 PM
this one isn't the offering of the argonne assaults, but it's one of (if not the) first tan argonne assaults produced.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=241566&highlight=tan+argonne

ak47Old 07-21-2005, 12:40 PM
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357137&highlight=ak47
 
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ripper:Old 01-21-2006, 07:59 AM
I'm assuming that these were just a special run for the bcs store... might have been a mil overrun.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384545&highlight=ripper

mini-eu17: august 2004, and then again in october 2006
not entirely sure when the mini's were first offered though... definitely in late 2004. I'm also not sure if the mini's and magnums were offered at the same time as the regular eu17's, but there was definitely an offer made in the liluputian ganza in 2006.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=310592&highlight=eu17
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=428956&highlight=Lilliputian
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=319469&highlight=eu17

clip point noe:02-28-2003, 08:22 PM
1 of 14.
$297.00 each. . . 3 for $277.00 each.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245446

recurve noe:02-28-2003, 08:34 PM
1 of 7.
$297.00 each. . . 3 for $277.00 each.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245448

desert noe:04-16-2003, 06:29 PM
$257.00
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252312

st-56 persian fighter:Old 07-07-2006, 04:02 PM
mil overrun
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=411515&highlight=Microscopic
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=411638&highlight=Microscopic

hell razor:Old 11-01-2005, 05:17 PM
standard model - $287.00
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371218

desert mofo (sic):Old 02-09-2003, 12:00 PM
mil overrun
$327, limit 3 per person. buy 3, and each knife it was $294.30 per knife
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242282
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245461

desert fsh: october 2004
I could only find pages hinting at the release of the fsh, I couldn't find the actual release page...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=318046
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260284&highlight=boys+fusion

desert bme:04-16-2003, 06:29 PM
$347.00
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252312
 
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so I'm missing related links to the heavy duties, the serrated sjtac variant, tan tanker a's, the tan argonne assaults, and specific threads for the fsh and mini-eu17's.
 
hd link added plus bump :)

I just searched through 63 pages of the forum archives and didn't find the thread with the tan AA in it... ALLUSIVE.
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edit: part three - I'm assuming this represents an attempt to get every tan tan model out there? some fun ones missing, like the shbm that was in the tube, sk's wb's and what have you's :D ooooooooh and the tan tan moab :D

if you really wanna get to someone here on the board, you should custom order a tan tan axe :p
 
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hd link added plus bump :)

edit: part three - I'm assuming this represents an attempt to get every tan tan model out there? some fun ones missing, like the shbm that was in the tube, sk's wb's and what have you's :D ooooooooh and the tan tan moab :D

This is one of the grabbag SHBM's in the tube. Some were partially serrated and some were not. Not being a fan of serrations, I was delighted to get a non-serrated one. Not sure how many tan SHBM's were made, but about five were reported in a previous thread on these knives.

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I bet this is a tan one! pics from lunde (SD and GW). Ash variant pic from co-store webpage. The sarsquatch I figure you'll want to get in Tan/Tan as well. I am not sure if that one SJT is an "embrace the suck" and since its a variant I am not sure that would count.

One of my Tan FFBM in action

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THe tan tan FFBM is a winner!

One entry



here are 5 more tan / tans you don't have

These are not my pictures but I'm sure I can get a few more points out of it..

ms proto

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Also EU 17 medium and EU 17 mag

the mag is second from left and medium is sixth from the left

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That EU 17 mag is on my Want to buy list.. will give up an arm or leg for one... help !!!

Tan/Tan SFNO

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Desert SH e LE in the middle

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Five More!
 
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bae variant, and more importantly a moab

Woooo baby!

Two big entries!

hd link added plus bump :)

I just searched through 63 pages of the forum archives and didn't find the thread with the tan AA in it... ALLUSIVE.
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edit: part three - I'm assuming this represents an attempt to get every tan tan model out there? some fun ones missing, like the shbm that was in the tube, sk's wb's and what have you's :D ooooooooh and the tan tan moab :D

if you really wanna get to someone here on the board, you should custom order a tan tan axe :p

Extra credit is amazing. I will touch base in future for some guidance.

10 entry pts for the extra


See if this helps.



see original post ...center three are tricksters. they aren't tan/tans at all, but since when does the President and General
have to follow suit?

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Part three...I almost took away your extra credit;)....dig deeper:thumbup:
 
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This is one of the grabbag SHBM's in the tube. Some were partially serrated and some were not. Not being a fan of serrations, I was delighted to get a non-serrated one. Not sure how many tan SHBM's were made, but about five were reported in a previous thread on these knives.

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1pt!

its not a tan/tan either, but it definitely belongs in the trickster row:eek::D:D

especially with one above it!. Oh goodness. I just poked out my other eye:eek:


lzdaik nur

poaopam,, ;):D
 
is the st-56 the first tan busse (and perhaps the first busse) you puchased, thus starting the madness of trying to collect all models of tan tan busse's (or at least tan related, as shown by the green micarta of the aa, and the black smooth coat of the shbm)?

(first started thread, same month of your registration date on the forum (so maybe?))
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=517800

cause some of these aren't military models, and not all of them are completely tan. not all of them were special runs (ak47), so outside of just the general tan relation, I can't seem to draw any other ties.
 
as per your president vs. general remark -

is it that you started out looking for (all) tan military blades, but then moved on to the larger tan tan (or just tan) busse combat catalog?

some not quite tan tans, but still fun:
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gold lamay with orge/tan and black, but fun all the same
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again with the tan and black
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the chuchette's handle is as big as a normal sized steel heart.
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some actual tan tans:
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sub hilt fighter from forever ago
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tan tan buffalo soldier
 

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a smooth handled version (Without finger grooves) of the chuckette would be awesome. you could use it like an axe/polearm that way, sliding your hand up and down the handle during your swings.
 
Two more for LVC


is that a BS or Groove Master? It looks similar.


this is going to wrap up on Thursday of this week .

The day of the ganza;):thumbup:


then off to exchange
 
the two tans submitted by Mr Pink are Scrapyards.

the top is a tan yard hook and the 2nd is a scrapper 6 I believe.

He got a point since I wasnt clear:):)


edit: somebody changed the pic?
 
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is that a BS or Groove Master?

it's a buffalo soldier, I think they were offered alongside the jungle versions. the groove masters second groove was smaller, and there was more of a pronounced "harpoon" look about them. the buffalo soldiers were also full flat ground, and surprisingly thin feeling, where as the groove masters were high saber and much more stout.

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vs.
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Very nice!!:thumbup:

What's that one called?

swamp rat desert jack :) (I like the ratmandu's more subdued handle design better)
 
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