Philosophy behind larger Busse's?

Jaxx said:
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion is the smile on a...HOG.

;)
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Holy hell man!! I haven't heard that since it was on a Beavis and Butthead episode!!

Listening to it now on youtube.com

Thanks for the flashback!!

-Emt1581
 
Jroden5446 said:
Yeah! Dang watermelons


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Wow, man, that is some amazing accuracy and accuracy with your swings. I could probably only get two or three cuts out of that thing.

emt1581 said:
I figured it was about the chopping. But for a good chopper, I LOVE kukri's! I just might pony up the $600 for a KZ one of these days.

Nice pics with the swords...something I never tried was using a sword to chop. How do they do? Exponentially better than large blades?

Thanks

-Emt1581
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I always consider swords as slicers and cutters, not choppers. Meant for cutting through softer targets quickly or thrusting, not chipping away at hard wood gradually. Obviously it has the advantage of length over large knives, but there are a ton of other variables. AZTim has a few pictures of a huge log cut with a Gladius, though. I guess if it's INFI, it's INFI.
 
uyotg said:
Wow, man, that is some amazing accuracy and accuracy with your swings. I could probably only get two or three cuts out of that thing.



I always consider swords as slicers and cutters, not choppers. Meant for cutting through softer targets quickly or thrusting, not chipping away at hard wood gradually. Obviously it has the advantage of length over large knives, but there are a ton of other variables. AZTim has a few pictures of a huge log cut with a Gladius, though. I guess if it's INFI, it's INFI.
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The AK47 was the only wakizashi sized sword I ever owned that I used to chop wood and would use to chop wood again if I hadn't sold all three of them and used the money to buy PCP. I mean, donations to charity.

Busse knives are pretty much "woodproof" unless you start trying to chop with a MUK or something similarly thin and very obviously out of its element.
 
Without talking zombies, here are some real world possibilities, even if some have a low probability of occurring.
Longer blades are not just for chopping... extra reach for machete type work on plants/flesh/etc and splitting bigger pieces of wood are helpful too.
Ever have to trim cactus or thorny brush or poison ivy without good gloves... not fun with a shorty. :grumpy:
Ever get caught with a rattle snake close by when your gun is out of reach or unavailable? :eek:
Or how about come upon a bear/cougar/wolf in the woods... have fun with your 6 incher then if you have to defend yourself.
If I ever have to poke a bear as a last resort, I want as long of a blade as possible for penetration.
My FIL said when he was hunting pigs with dogs it required a pretty long blade to reach the heart with 7" being the minimum on the big ones, 8" or more was better.
It's been a while, but last I checked national parks allowed knives but not guns. ;)
So location/environment definitely dictates needful uses.
The swords, zillas, mistresses & B11/10 work great for these tasks.


Oh, and don't forget opening 55 gallon drums, cars or doors in an emergency... you need the length for leverage to slice through the metal with less attempts and lower risk of the blade popping out and back at you.
Same with breaking glass... don't want to catch any shards in your hand or wrist. That harmless sugar glass only works in hollywood.

But here is something few others may be aware of unique to the mistress fatties.
I use my FBM LE with both hands and no baton every time I run the wood stove to split off the edges of wood chunks that are just a little too high to fit stacked the way I need. I can better describe it as lopping the widest corners off of the triangle to get more of a flat shingle than a wedge, then I can fit about 3 layers in the stove and use the little pieces for kindling. Due to the thickness of the spine and being flat, I can push on the front 4" near the tip with one hand and the handle with the other hand to use my body weight to split off the wood corners with the remaining 6" without swinging the blade at all. At most, I may have to rock the blade back and forth to get er done. The wide full flat grind in satin allows me to do this where other designs/finishes will not, so that knife has a permanent place here as a user. The KZ2 is the only other blade that works like this for me, but since I haven't stripped it yet, it requires a lot more effort. That saves me from having to swing anything inside the house to make a mess or bust up my stone hearth (after learning the hard way) or make excessive noise and wake up the little one. That task alone can't be done safely with a shorter blade, so for me it is a necessary tool to keep the house warm where I live. ;)

I love the lighter weight of some of the shorter blades, but the longer ones are why I got into Bussekin... a res-c khukri basilla/khukrat is still on the wish list.
 
From a general field utility standpoint, its hard to argue with the ~6" blade. It can do just about anything, but its going to be light on the chopping side.

I always go back to what else are you carrying? If you have an axe or saw, a big chopper is probably extra weight and reduced utility. You'll probably want a decent small fixed blade or folder go along with it, which means even more weight.

But if you only have ONE knife (nothing else), and are in position where you may really have to fend for yourself in the elements, having the bigger blade is probably an advantage. I wouldn't want to have to build a shelter with a 2" bladed pearl handled gentlemen's dress folder, especially if its getting dark and the weather's turning.

And no, I'd never want to take a knife to a rattlesnake or bear fight:eek:

BOSS
 
The big knives are what defines Busse.....there are thousands of small thin slicers available all over the world......but nobody does huge thick choppers like Busse.....Nobody....FFBM, TT Killa-Zilla, NFBM, etc. His big choppers are what sets him apart from the rest of the knife industry.....sure he has some nice small blades......but so does everyone else........but the big choppers are what his company is really known for. In my humble opinion.
 
FNFAN said:
The big knives are what defines Busse.....there are thousands of small thin slicers available all over the world......but nobody does huge thick choppers like Busse.....Nobody....FFBM, TT Killa-Zilla, NFBM, etc. His big choppers are what sets him apart from the rest of the knife industry.....sure he has some nice small blades......but so does everyone else........but the big choppers are what his company is really known for. In my humble opinion.
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Now what I'm curious about is if the viewing audience of the Walking Dead would agree with you? Sure they might not be most avid collectors, but watching Daryl work his magic with that thing sure made me drool.

That being said, I see where you are coming from and I agree...however, in my mind Busse stands for quality/the best of the best in the knife world. A close second would be the image of the NFBM.

-Emt1581
 
It's quite astonishing that bigger means better & It's quite astonishing to see that a knife first of all must be a chopper and then a cutter, when in reality is the opposite. It seems that we live the Chopping Era, with a big knife you can do them all.Yeah..but the question remains, how comfortable and with minimum effort you do what knife is design to do? "cutting" Not chopping!? To pinpoint the transition between a knife and a sword its difficult but to pinpoint a good balance between good chopping ability & good cutting ability its more difficult in 1 knife. Me and the wrestler Big Show, we will have different approach...about large, big.
 
Brendan, is that tan handled Rat a BR? Kinda makes me think B10=INFI BR..
Bigger is better when it's a Busse..:D
 
Jaxx said:
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion is the smile on a...HOG.

;)
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Ha! I havent heard that song in awhile. Better shove him in shallow. . . Mud before tgat hog gets too deep.
 
Jaxx said:
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion is the smile on a...HOG.

;)
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Ha! I havent heard that song in awhile. Better shove him in shallow. . . Mud before that hog gets too deep.
 
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emt1581 said:
I figured it was about the chopping. But for a good chopper, I LOVE kukri's! I just might pony up the $600 for a KZ one of these days.

Nice pics with the swords...something I never tried was using a sword to chop. How do they do? Exponentially better than large blades?

Thanks

-Emt1581
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Any Bussekin sword will easily chop down a small tree.
 
AZTimT said:
It's been a while, but last I checked national parks allowed knives but not guns. ;)
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As of February 21, 2010, the law (passed in May, 2009) allowing you to carry a gun in national parks went into effect.

Tucked away in the “Miscellaneous Provision” section at the end of the credit card reform bill – the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009 – is a provision allowing people to carry loaded firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. Introduced as an amendment to the credit card reform bill by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), the provision allows owners of licensed firearms to bring them into national parks and wildlife refuges as long as they are allowed to do so by state law.

(There are still some parts of national parks where guns won’t be allowed. Firearms must be kept out of any indoor buildings including visitor centers, offices and maintenance buildings. To avoid confusion, parks have posted “firearms prohibited” signs at public entrances.")
 
Jaxx said:
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion is the smile on a...HOG.

;)
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..... thanks Edie.... but where are your Bohemians ..???
 
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