Picture Archive (Revised)

Slag's SHII Clip Point Variant. As described by Slag "SHII clip point with Hi-Desert tactical low-ride sheath....The knife is crinkle coated and the micarta is diagonally grooved, though it is not as thick as the current diamond quilted (more contoured). It also has an assymetrical edge"
 
This one is called the Smokey. Here is what Jerry Busse said about it when asked its history.

"1/8" D-2. The Smokies were never officially classified as Busse knives as they were never actually produced under our company name. They were made by up and coming apprentices who were taught how to grind and shape handles on them. They were originally used as shop knives. . . . glue scrapers, string cutters, that sort of thing. Some of them made their way to shows and were sold as apprentice knives at very low prices. . . $55.00 - 75.00. They offer great bang for the buck.

If Mabel doesn't fail me I believe that they were made in the late 1980's and started to leak out of our shop a few years later in the early to mid 1990's.

Nice find,

Jerry"
 
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