Off-center blade on your Basic 9?

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Mark Schmitt

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I have now purchased two Busse Basic 9's
with the kydex sheath and black coating.

On both of these knives, the blade has been
off-center with respect to the handle. In
each case, if I look down the handle using
the centerline of the handle as a guide with the edge of the blade up I notice that the
blade is angled to the right. The angle is
so significant that if I lay the knife on
its left side on a flat surface the point of
the blade touches the surface. If I
do the same on the right side, the tip is
a centimeter above the surface.

Can anyone tell me if this is a common
condition?

Does anyone see the same thing with their
Basic 9?

Thanks,

Mark


 
Mark, what you see is Busse's asymetrical grind at work. It's intended to be like that, for many reasons. Do a few searches, or just look around the history in this forum, you'll find info about it.

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That has nothing to do with the grind. I can't comment more because I don't own any basics, but that sounds kinda weird... The tang, I'm sure, is completely straight, but perhaps there's a quirk in how the Respirene C handle was affixed...

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That sounds like an actual bend in the blade (and a significant one at that) not the dual edge grind. The two Busse Combat blades I have handled (Battle Mistress and Basic #7) did not have this problem.

-Cliff
 
Sorry guys/gals...I should have described
it better.

The exposed blade is straight. The handle
is also straight. But the blade and handle
are not lined up.

IMHO, either the blade is bent at the
ricasso (unlikey, I think) or the
handle was cast improperly (as Wulf
pointed out).

As I said, the only Busse's I have owned
were both #9s and they both had this
problem.

The problem is significant enought that
when I move the blade in the air I can
tell that it is off-balance. It is even
more obvious when you place the knife on
its side on a flat surface.

A question for the group:

1) If you own a Basic 9, can you lay
the knife down on a flat surface (with
the handle against the surface) and
measure how high the tip of the blade is
off the surface? Is it the same for both
sides of the knife?

Please post the results in this thread.
I look forward to owning a Busse 9 in
the future, but if there are is a QC
problem with the 9s, I will hold off until
the problems are fixed.

Thanks in advance,

Mark


 
OK, OK I see now. So the handle is thicker on one side and thinner on the other. Like the tang got droped in the handle to far to one side? If that's it then it is definately just off center. I wouldn;t let it bother me as Busse has a lifetime warranty on that handle. Unless it is throwing off your stroke when you cut i'd just ignore it. If you're a collector and want it perfect contact Busse Knife Co. and they can help you out. If it is mint they might even swap it out. And if you wanna sell it cheap let me know.
 
Update and clarification:

Checked the Basic 9 (black blade) at my
local cutlery shop and it is also off-center!
Not as much, but still noticable.

Ryu,

It is not just that the handle is cast to
one side of the blade. The long axis of
the blade and the long axis of the handle
should lie in the same plane, but not only
are they not on the same plane, they are not
parallel. It has the effect of making the
knife act like it is curved (even though the
blade itself is straight).

Anyone else have this problem?

Mark

 
Yep! Got home and checked mine, and sure enough, pretty much as you've described it. The tang just seems to be in the respirene at a slight angle. Honestly, I probably would have never noticed if you hadn't mentioned it!

I also checked my other basics (3 and 5) and neither of them seem to have the problem.

cj
s002cjs@yahoo.com

[This message has been edited by s002cjs (edited 10-04-2000).]

[This message has been edited by s002cjs (edited 10-04-2000).]
 
The handle you are referring to was formed incorrectly and will be replaced upon returning it to us. We caught this problem early on in the manufacturing process. It turns out that the "slide" used by the company who molds the handles for us was not always dead on center. We believe that very few of these pieces left the shop but if you have one we will be more than happy to replace it at, of course, no charge. It will only show up on the large handles. The original 2,000 large handles were scrapped upon this discovery and new handles were manufacured using a dead center slide. The "slide" is what puts the hollow cavity in the handle. I guarantee you that the knife is not bent but rather the handle is simply not formed correctly. Sorry for any inconvenience and rest assured that we will make it right.

Yours in nuclear product support,

Jerry Busse
 
Thanks to all who replied. Special thanks to Mr. Busse for replying directly. Means alot to hear it straight from the maker.

Thanks,

Mark


 
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