Question for the Busse Experts

[rookie71]

Question:
Were all the Busse Boss Jack Prototype knives Infi steel?


Thanks, Mike

 

[theToad]

All protos were INFI, yes.
BadMojo still has good info on them:
http://www.badmojo.net/boss-jack.html

The battle grades came out some 7 years later. They are SR-101.

 

[rookie71]

Thanks for answering my question.
Additionally, I have told only the Boss Jack Prototype knives have blood groove in blade. Regular production Boss Jack knives did not have blood groove in blades.

 

[gk4ever2]

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Additionally, I have told only the Boss Jack Prototype knives have blood groove in blade. Regular production Boss Jack knives did not have blood groove in blades.

I think both of those statements are correct. I have two .22" thick satin BJs that are marked "PROTO" without the blood groove, so not all BJ prototypes have a blood groove.

 

[rookie71]

Great, thank you for history of BJ Proto knives.

Mike

 

[COPIUOS]

Those are beasts of blades at .22, one of the heftiest, most bomb proof feeling Busse's I have ever held.

C

 

[Andy the Aussie]

They are a lovely blade, I have the one pictured and a normal BJ...the Proto is my favourite of the two !

 

[rookie71]

Beautiful knife!
Is the Busse and Proto etched into the blade at the hilt?

 

[Andy the Aussie]

Yes it is, just hard to see in that pic.

 

[rookie71]

Mine is the full choil model.

 

[Will York]

...I have told only the Boss Jack Prototype knives have blood groove in blade. Regular production Boss Jack knives did not have blood groove in blades.

Just an FYI—Boss Jack w/blood groove, non-Proto:



(Not my photos or knife—ran across these while doing an unrelated search and thought they might be of interest.)

 

[u812]

I will be the one. Not a blood groove,it is a fuller. They have nothing to do with blood.

 

[rookie71]

Ok, good to know what groove is called.
Beautiful non-proto Boss Jack!

 

[u812]

I had a proto, uncoated with paper micarta and a custom shop .36 in fatty. Really wish I had kept that fatty.

 

[rookie71]

I didn't know Busse made a BJ Proto fatty.
That is a cool knife!
Super beafy!

 

[u812]

Got it at Blade a few years ago. I have only ever seen 2 of them.

 

[rookie71]

Great pic

 

[willic]

Dang it.... I've never wanted a Boss Jack, but this thread has changed my mind! What a cool profile! Somebody sell me a bossjack... lol

So.... what is the purpose of a fuller on a blade? Is it just a weight reduction?

 

[u812]

Dang it.... I've never wanted a Boss Jack, but this thread has changed my mind! What a cool profile! Somebody sell me a bossjack... lol

So.... what is the purpose of a fuller on a blade? Is it just a weight reduction?

That is about it.

 

[nydude]

Very usable all rounder. Love this blade.