Simply the Best

230grains said:
Do you use them or stash em? I think i'd have a hard time not using them. The designs were simply perfect, no frills and absolutely amazing looking. I wish they were still made that way. They remind me of classic muscle cars too.
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Most are users, a couple like the Battle Mistress and Custom Shop BAe are not simply because I already have users in the same size range. The straight handle knives are so comfortable its hard not to use them. :)
Snakedoc said:
Dwayne, your collection is AMAZING!!!

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Thank You! :D
d762nato said:
Nice collection Leatherman, :cool: How many of your oldies have the asymmetrical grind. Also any idea what the balance was as far as asymmetrical grind versus regular grind was.
You know were their more made of one grind than the other. All mine are regular grind and a good thing since i'm a lefty.
The reason i ask is because it seems like most straight handled Busse's i've seen on the ex for sale are asymmetrical.
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Thanks Doug,
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All of my straight handle knives have the V grind, but I have had a couple that were asymmetrical. The coated blade reddish handled BAe is asymmetirical, in a big way. I've had quite a few asymmetric Busse's through the years and I like them very much, if for anything because its so different.
Whiskey River said:
LOVE knife 2 & 3 from the bottom in the first pic. I think ones a Badger and the other a mean street maybe?

Awesome looking.... and to think, I almost bought one when they were "more" reasonable..... which back then was still enough $$$.

SWEET though!
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Yes! Badger and Mean Street, both A2. I discovered Busse back in the A2 days but I was in college and didnt have the extra money. I really should have taken a second job and got a few. Big regrets there.
kdstrick said:
WHOA! Thanks for sharing Dwayne... great looking stuff there!


Ya know it ain't braggin' to show a little fancy leatherwork with those beauties. ;)
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True! I didnt even think about that, and I have one with that Custom Shop BAe that I am rather proud of. I'll see if I can dig some pics out. Thanks for the reminder. :)
 
Hey Hogs do any of you know if any of the Shbm's came with a textured black coating. Or did they all have the smooth black coating.
Was this textured coating offered or put on just the tube fastner handled Shbm's?
 
The coating is a bit of an anomaly. There's some tube fastener straight handle knives with crinkle coat, and some E handles with smooth coat. As far as I've ever seen there's no bolted straight handle knives with crinkle coat.

Though, during the birds beak SH2 era there was a coating used that was somewhat textured, mine has it.
 
leatherman said:
The coating is a bit of an anomaly. There's some tube fastener straight handle knives with crinkle coat, and some E handles with smooth coat. As far as I've ever seen there's no bolted straight handle knives with crinkle coat.

Though, during the birds beak SH2 era there was a coating used that was somewhat textured, mine has it.
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Thanks Leatherman, I seen one on the ex that's why i ask. It's got the tube fastner handles with the textured coating. I was just wondering if that was an original coating offered from Busse. Its kind of a greyish textured coating not as rough though as the newer crinkle coating. Well thanks again for the imfo.

Doug
 
There were a few, iirc, a while back that were sent in for refinishing. Originally had smooth coat. The seller should be able to tell you if it was refinished or not.

If I remember right, there's at least one Battle Mistress and one Steel Heart that used to have bolts and smooth coat, that now have tubes and crinkle coat. Those I have seen, there's probably more.
 
I have a couple....
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Awesome collection of the oldies Grey menace. :cool: Is'nt that top one the one you semi stripped.
 
No, its a Steel Heart 2, or today known as Birds Beak Straight Handle Steel Heart 2. A2 Steel, smooth bolts. There were several variations, plunge lines, spine shape, and some handle widths.

SH1 is on my grail list, I will get one eventually. None were coated as far as I know. I love the look of that sweet curved plunge line. :)
 
Hey Swoop, those are AWESOME!!
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Thanks "snakedoc," this thread is full of nice blades. I especially like those Zero Tolerance blades you have, I would love to get a set of those one day.
 
SOme awesome knives above:thumbup:

No longer my knives but this is my pic:)
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