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Everytime I talk to Andre, I learn something new. He is a wealth of information. :thumbup:

resinguy said:
fyi for all you newbie piglets, Andre was the West Coast direct sales rep back in the day. Use your google-fu to find bad mojo and learn your Busse history.
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Thank you for the kind Words.

There are a few years Production that I know More than Most about.

I would like to see some of the old Tests done with the new Knives and at this time I am just too Cheap and too Lazy to do them my self.

Bear in Mind that Blanks from one time period would some times get Handle Slabs applied at a later date, so there are for instance One of Three Hundred Blanks(First year Production) Handled, Finished and Sold with Hole Type Fasteners(Last year of Production) like SHBM Presentation Grade #350.(Edited to add, I am Mistaken, #350 has Slotted Screws, My Memory was incorrect)
I will leave up what I wrote though, best for every one to know I too am Wrong sometimes.

Most of the First year Production knives that I saw were Symmetrically Ground and most others aside from Special Order were Asym(Presentation Grade seemed to come either way)

But there was an order to the Handle Slabs Starting with Smooth and ending with Diagonal CNC milling.

There was an order to the Sheath types until it was Clear that the High Desert Low Ride was preferred at which point that Sheath was less often used (Limited Number available) so that sheath is often a good indicator as to when the knife left the Shop.

Also Finish types seem to have an order But that is Variable in that Re-Furbishing by the Factory did occur Throughout Production.
 
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papathud said:
Thank you for the kind Words.

There are a few years Production that I know More than Most about.

I would like to see some of the old Tests done with the new Knives and at this time I am just too Cheap and too Lazy to do them my self.

Bear in Mind that Blanks from one time period would some times get Handle Slabs applied at a later date, so there are for instance One of Three Hundred Blanks(First year Production) Handled, Finished and Sold with Hole Type Fasteners(Last year of Production) like SHBM Presentation Grade #350.

Most of the First year Production knives that I saw were Symmetrically Ground and most others aside from Special Order were Asym(Presentation Grade seemed to come either way)

But there was an order to the Handle Slabs Starting with Smooth and ending with Diagonal CNC milling.

There was an order to the Sheath types until it was Clear that the High Desert Low Ride was preferred at which point that Sheath was less often used (Limited Number available) so that sheath is often a good indicator as to when the knife left the Shop.

Also Finish types seem to have an order But that is Variable in that Re-Furbishing by the Factory did occur Throughout Production.
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Damn you sure do know alot. Thanks for clearing up the questions that I had.

Rob
 
BePrepared said:
I think there's something wrong with me... i don't like the SH models... i strongly prefer the contoured models :( ...
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There is something for most folks here. I have some of the SH, Ergo, and Fusion handles, and I still like the old SH models the best.

Andre, thanks for sharing your vast knowledge!

Gene
 
papathud said:
Thank you for the kind Words.

There are a few years Production that I know More than Most about.

I would like to see some of the old Tests done with the new Knives and at this time I am just too Cheap and too Lazy to do them my self.

Bear in Mind that Blanks from one time period would some times get Handle Slabs applied at a later date, so there are for instance One of Three Hundred Blanks(First year Production) Handled, Finished and Sold with Hole Type Fasteners(Last year of Production) like SHBM Presentation Grade #350.(Edited to add, I am Mistaken, #350 has Slotted Screws, My Memory was incorrect)
I will leave up what I wrote though, best for every one to know I too am Wrong sometimes.

Most of the First year Production knives that I saw were Symmetrically Ground and most others aside from Special Order were Asym(Presentation Grade seemed to come either way)

But there was an order to the Handle Slabs Starting with Smooth and ending with Diagonal CNC milling.

There was an order to the Sheath types until it was Clear that the High Desert Low Ride was preferred at which point that Sheath was less often used (Limited Number available) so that sheath is often a good indicator as to when the knife left the Shop.

Also Finish types seem to have an order But that is Variable in that Re-Furbishing by the Factory did occur Throughout Production.
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This is the SHBM#350 Andre was referring to.

Busse-SHBM-LE-1.JPG
 
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