Question about getting a clip point added to a Busse knife.............

[jeepin]

I love knives with clip points, so I wanted to find out how much Busse charges to have one put on. Lets say for a Busse Boss Jack like the one in this pic?. I think it looks awesome.

Also, I know the warranty is shot if you modify it yourself, but what about another knife maker like Tom Krein?.

Thanks in advance.:thumbup:

 

[thebrain]

I am also interested in this has anyone had this done buy Busse Combat?

 

[uyotg]

I believe Busse's modifications dept. won't make any modifications that could compromise the heat treatment. I asked about getting a few holes drilled and that was a no--I imagine (perhaps incorrectly) that clipping the knife might also be a problem.

You could always order a custom like that from scratch... I would estimate something like that at about $500 from my experience with custom BOSS Jacks.

And, as you know, some knife makers are willing to make these types of modifications while being careful with the temperatures. But I wouldn't bet on Busse maintaining a list of certified non-warranty-voiding Busse blade modifiers.

 

[resinguy]

+1 on the looks of a clip point. After seeing what Horn Dog did with his SARSquatch, I plan to grind mine down.

Back when he was modding, Ban did a FSH for me.

It's probably best to assume that on any modded knife, you are your own warranty, and trust common sense and the INFI to keep the blade safe.

My guess is that Garth would not grind down your knife, but you might be able to order one like the pic. Good luck. :thumbup:

 

[stabber]

Leave well enough alone.
As mentioned above it will void your indestructible warranty

Busse Combat offers plenty of variants. One should fit your needs.:thumbup:

 

[David Brown]

Leave well enough alone.
As mentioned above it will void your indestructible warranty

Busse Combat offers plenty of variants. One should fit your needs.:thumbup:

+1

Tom will do it and even though he is a great knife maker, I would not expect Jerry to warren-tee what Tom worked on.

Clip points are pretty cool though.

 

[uyotg]

Clip points are pretty cool though[...]

... when done right

 

[JGarrison Knives]

Do what you want to it, if you cant get it the way you want from Busse get the mod done by someone else.

 

[resinguy]

Do what you want to it, if you cant get it the way you want from Busse get the mod done by someone else.

Agreed. With the proviso that the warranty no longer applies.

 

[shane justice]

I recently got my 1st BUSSE.

A NMFBM with a black G-10 double cut (fusion?).

It is FLIPPING AWESOME!

I dinked around with it for a week or so.....and the made a mistake and started looking at MODS other guys have done.

In a late night fugue I fired up my old BURR KING....and away I went!

I put in a long clip, with a few small shape tweaks. (Yes I know I violated the warrantee.) Now I have, (in my eyes) a very sexy "bowie: that balances just in front of the handle slabs. Good news is it still

I KNOW....worthless without pictures...I will try to get them on here tomorrow.

Shane

 

[PeterPHWS]

I have sharpened a few which have a clip design but have not had the clip sharpened. The Ratmandu is a good example.

I am sure sharpening them would not constitute a "breach of warranty" ... Jerry has never failed to replace a broken Busse ... from guys who thinned down their edges and were caught out by frozen wood ... to guys who hammered their blades into paving then kicked them ... he has posted on this many times ... so if you're using the knife as knives are mean't to be used I doubt you would have a problem warranty wise.

If you do decide to sharpen a clip or create one ... just keep the knife cool by immersing it in water after a few passes on the belt sander ... people worry about unwanted heat- treatment alterations from belt sanding/sharpening but if you google heat treatment information on any common steel and look at the temperatures involved ... the blade would need to be hot enough to light a cigar from it ( i.e. "red hot" ) to have any "altering effect".

I put a sharpened clip on my Bushwacker Mistress ... the knife had been a CG finish which was stripped and given a ghetto satin clean up ...

I learned how to do this by reading a few of Horn Dogs threads and e-mailing him for a few more detailed tips ... after that I just practised ...

You can still baton fine with a sharpened clip ... again many think it creates a problem where it does'nt ...

All you get are a few marks on the baton and if it breaks pick up another ...

The clip point works well on a number of tasks where you would'nt want to damage the main edge ... I use mine a lot for fire steels ... helps throw a good shower of sparks to get a fire going ...

Doing a clip carefully has no harmful effects on the blade ... as soon as I did the "clip" I took the knife out and chopped down a dead tree on my land ...

The large limb burning above came off the tree ... and was chopped down using the BWM ... not bad for a 3/16 thick "lighter" Busse ... :thumbup: