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I have had both. I don't have any LB's now, and only kept an original for TWD factor.
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Team Gemini LB or Original?
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IMO, his trolling posts all over the forum deserve a real infraction (not just a warning), yet nobody ever seems to give him one.
Someone needs to step up, or this BS will continue. Troll is as troll does. 
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The original feels really similar to the NMSFNO in heft, girth, and just size in general.
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The top one is the older TGLB that is thinner, the middle is a BG, and the bottom is one of the last TGLB's ordered from the shop and this one has less of a NM treatment and is noticeably thicker through the cross section.
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IMO, his trolling posts all over the forum deserve a real infraction (not just a warning), yet nobody ever seems to give him one.
Hey SpyderPhreak
Apologies for not being quite up on recent threads & posters. By months. Not that I haven't been here, but more lurker mode, less babble. Thread skimming, a few pix & posts, Back End reports check always...barely any these days, and thank you everyone! ...but if there is a troll in our midst and you don't think that I've yet had the distinct pleasure of making his or her acquaintance, please hit the report button or drop me a PM.
I just happened over his post here, checked his pattern, and posted on it.
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Assuming you ain't doing the troll thing.. the tglb is what you have an is indeed hollow grind but just a smidgen..I think Jerry called it 1% off flat..so it's ever so slight. The TGLB is the culmination of a lot of seriously awesome construction.. starting with a design that is just perfection (yes over the original imo), built with legendary infi steel, that knife is has perfect specs for its intended purpose..its light, fast in the hand..an with the awesome ibeam style tang, lots more machining was required on that blade than any other simular blade.. its just a super well thought out design by Jerry Busse.. truly something one should be proud to own...
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Interesting. I've only held a NMSFNO once. As for the O-TG sometimes I pick it up and it seams heavy and other times I don't notice. So far though, I've had it since it came out, but when I pack a bag I always seem to either grab a tank buster or jump up to a battle mistress.
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The top one is the older TGLB that is thinner, the middle is a BG, and the bottom is one of the last TGLB's ordered from the shop and this one has less of a NM treatment and is noticeably thicker through the cross section.
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Thanks Firestrike, I'm wondering if they beefed it up on purpose or not. This whole conversation is making me want to pick up an LB. Not that I need another reason to buy a knife, especially when it comes to different versions of knives I have. Already, on a regular bases I have the thought that "nothing will be right in the world until I can pick up both a skinny and a fat ash"
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I never got a TGLB. I had an original and didn't dislike anything about it but it just didn't excite me as much as my favorites do. I held out forever, then went to order one in a moment of weakness and they had just come down. So I held out just barely long enough.
I've really been hoping to see more LB models.
I've really been hoping to see more LB models.
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The tglb was just coming out when I first heard about Busse and checked out their website. One of the things I ran into poking around on there was a piece about the light brigade treatment. I think I remember it being mentioned that the hollow grind was done with the belt running on a very large wheel, 42" comes to mind, but I could be wrong. That radius would make a grind much closer to flat (but not) than most people think of when it comes to hollow grinds.
I could also be misremembering and very wrong.
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No you're pretty spot on
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...he-quot-Light-Brigade-quot-Series-(Cool-Pics)
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Same order as 1st picture.
My favorite of these is the Orange/Black g10 on Jungle Green, best cutting geometry out of the bunch.
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Thanks all for the repiles and your pictures, very happy with the informations from everyone.
L-R older TGLB 2012 era, TGLB ordered 2015 2 hours before Jerry announced the TGLB as SOLD OUT, BGTG, TG-M
Same order as 1st picture.
My favorite of these is the Orange/Black g10 on Jungle Green, best cutting geometry out of the bunch.
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Thanks for your very useful post: I know such good shots are very hard to take, so kudos for that...
It seems that the edge thickness is much greater on one of the Light Brigades...
It seems the Light Brigades vary greatly among themselves in edge thickness... In any case, it is photos like these that offer real help in deciding not only what the knife is like, but how much it can vary within the same model...
Blade-heavy knives can afford to have thicker edges and still perform, but 8" in my opinion is just too short to "afford" some of the thicker edges.
Gaston