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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Sterile Busse
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No difference that I've noticed. I've gotten both from the shop (sterile and logo'ed) of the same model, no price difference.
Rob
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Agreed, there really doesn't seem to be a price difference. If anything there may be a slightly higher secondary price for those with logos since Busse has four of them now...plus talk of a fifth that Spearhead has already seen.
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The Tali-Whacker is kind of a "one-off" in my mind when it comes to logos. I don't know about the ones sent off to soldiers, but the remainder sold to us had the words "Tali-Whacker" on them. No busse logo, but obviously not sterile either since the blade had english on it.
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Correction, I just found the pic Jerry posted of a batch that appears to be ready for a military shipment..there doesn't appear to be any logo or text on them at all.
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IIRC the Tali-whackers that went to war were sterile, but in the sheath pocket there was an explanation with the name (and explanation) with a numbered dog tag.
The Tali-whackers that we (Civilians) were able to buy had no sheath, and a sterile dog tag.
The Tali-whackers that we (Civilians) were able to buy had no sheath, and a sterile dog tag.
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One of the RAREST of all Busse Military Knives . . .OVER RUN!!!!!!! .
This is a very unusual knife. It has never been SOLD before. We made them right after September 11th. This is the Tali-Whacker. It was made as part of a run of knives we donated to USSOCOM after 9/11 for distribution to our Special Ops Teams. Several of these were presented to soldiers who had been wounded in combat while the rest were given to our front-line troops. This is an operator only blade and the ones that were distributed were in the sterile condition with no markings whatsoever. A numbered Patriot tag was shoved into the front pouch with a letter explaining a little about the name, Tali-Whacker meaning Taliban-Whacker. We had an over run on these blades and are now clear to sell the surplus.
The Tali-Whacker was the first model EVER made out of SR-101 and it came along well before the inception of SWAMP RAT. It is the ONLY Busse Combat Blade made with SR-101 and a totally Sterile Resiprene C handle. The talon hole was removed as were all markings from the handle for Complete Sterility. The coolness of this blade was the inspiration behind Swamp Rat.
It is 1/4" thick with a 6 3/4" long blade and is 12" OAL.
We only have 68 Tali-Whackers available. They will come with an non-serial numbered Patriot Tag and are only available without the sheath.
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I guess I answered my own question. Ain't search engines marvelous...
This is a very unusual knife. It has never been SOLD before. We made them right after September 11th. This is the Tali-Whacker. It was made as part of a run of knives we donated to USSOCOM after 9/11 for distribution to our Special Ops Teams. Several of these were presented to soldiers who had been wounded in combat while the rest were given to our front-line troops. This is an operator only blade and the ones that were distributed were in the sterile condition with no markings whatsoever. A numbered Patriot tag was shoved into the front pouch with a letter explaining a little about the name, Tali-Whacker meaning Taliban-Whacker. We had an over run on these blades and are now clear to sell the surplus.
The Tali-Whacker was the first model EVER made out of SR-101 and it came along well before the inception of SWAMP RAT. It is the ONLY Busse Combat Blade made with SR-101 and a totally Sterile Resiprene C handle. The talon hole was removed as were all markings from the handle for Complete Sterility. The coolness of this blade was the inspiration behind Swamp Rat.
It is 1/4" thick with a 6 3/4" long blade and is 12" OAL.
We only have 68 Tali-Whackers available. They will come with an non-serial numbered Patriot Tag and are only available without the sheath.
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I guess I answered my own question. Ain't search engines marvelous...
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Thanks for posting the text. I tried to find the post in a search, but they all kept timing out.