Rationale for different busse blade styles

gamma_nyc

gamma_nyc

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I'm curious if there is a place to read about the design rationale for the more popular Busse blade styles. For example, it looks like the Battle Mistress is designed to be a big chopper. The Meaner Street looks like a concealable urban carry.

So, what is the reason for the Hell Razor, Jackhammer having those gills? What about the Skinny ASH and it's intended use versus an SFNO? Etc, etc.
 
for intended use, the HR, JH and skinny ASH would be superb fighters, but i think they could all be used in a camp knife role. they're all in the size range for a one knife doing everything. i think the HR and JH were designed primarily to be fighters, but from experience the HR at least makes a great camp knife.

as for the corrugated bevels, they serve to reduce friction, and lighten the blade while increasing strength.
 
I think you're at that place. There's nothing official on the subject that I know of. Nothing more official than this and the home forum anyway. Ask a question that we can't answer and the Boss will answer it usually. So long as it's not about the numbers of knives produced in a given style that isn't all ready common knowledge (like the 1 of 300) or anything about $$$, you should get an answer.
 
I thought the HR was designed for the military. Being a knife that lends itself well to general tasks and also being very well sized and balanced for fighting. With the thickness and weight to ensure little chance of it breaking off in either a tree or insurgent.

The CBT are trademarked to Busse I think and there is a website talking about these bevels. It's a modern version of fullers I think and serves the same purpose of lightening while strengthening the blade.
 
What Dennis said,,,,,,,,,,it's like * How many different styles of Nike sneakers are out there? * They all just kinda cover your feet. I have @ least 12 pairs of Nike's,,,,, I have 8 Busse blades and wanting SO MANY MORE :D

Our's is not to reason why,,,,,Let's just DRINK ,,,,and buy more knives........:thumbup:


,,,,,,,,,, NO REGRETS
 
so, what is the NMSFNO designed for?
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Camp knife that can do some chopping. Right on the edge of being the biggest knife that I would consider hiking with.
 
gamma_nyc said:
so, what is the NMSFNO designed for?
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Same as many larger medium-sized knives by Busse: designed to be a massively overbuilt cutting tool that you can still pack around without weighing yourself down too much.

It could delimb a tree or a person and it can also be used for lighter stuff like slicing up mountains of cardboard or carving a turkey.

So I guess it depends on what you would actually use it for in your personal and possibly business life. For most urbanites it would serve few purposes that a smaller, lighter knife could not serve, but it's way cooler and (if you're careful) provides far greater entertainment value.
 
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gamma_nyc said:
I'm curious if there is a place to read about the design rationale for the more popular Busse blade styles. For example, it looks like the Battle Mistress is designed to be a big chopper. The Meaner Street looks like a concealable urban carry.

So, what is the reason for the Hell Razor, Jackhammer having those gills? What about the Skinny ASH and it's intended use versus an SFNO? Etc, etc.
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The obvious answer is many models are designed for military, law enforcement, and search-and-rescue operations. But many models are designed per customer input, largely on online forums like this. Others I think are designed by Busse to improve on earlier models, which would explain handle innovations (from straight to ergo to fusion, for example). Even others I think are purely experimental - stuff Jerry and Company dream up and then make available to the public.

In short, the intended uses of any Busse knife is as a cutting tool or as a collector's item, or both. Some people swear by certain models while others could care less. The wide range of possible users and the range of uses each user would require are too broad to cover with a limited number of models, so the more models Busse can come up with, the more they learn, and the more they earn as well.
 
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