The HOGB8 Thread

Which style for the satin HOGB8?

  • Regulator blade and handle shape, with .30+" thickness, but in satin INFI

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Basic blade and handle shape, but with modest swedged clip and massive thickness

    Votes: 19 90.5%
  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .
Up, up and AWAY from Wauseon, all you Basic 8's. Fly quick to your intendeds. Fly NOW!!! :thumbup: :cool:
 
It just struck me that the basic 8 LE may be the Johnnie Walker Green Label of the knife world. :confused:

I'm sure that makes sense to everybody.

Bear with me for a second... I've been drinking and feel eloquent...


Johnnie Walker Green is a blended scotch that is touted by many to be the best tasting Johnnie Walker out there, yet it was discontinued in the US in 2011 due to low sales. It is a malt blend that is made up of single malt whiskies - Talisker, Linkwood, Cragganmore and Caol Ila. It's medium bodied and the finish is pretty smooth.

Anyhow, here's the rub...Johnnie Walker Green is a blended scotch that was designed to gain the interest of single malt drinkers. However, single malt drinkers aren't really looking to drink blends, so they don't really even notice. Likewise, within the blended scotch drinking community, if a person wants to simply get their drink on, maybe get a bottle of JW to drink with friends, they grab the Black or Red at $30 per bottle. If a person wants to be extravagant, they splurge and spend the $225 on the Blue. The Green ($65) sits right in the middle. It tastes fantastic and is a great sipper. As a single-malt drinker myself, I find this among my top four scotches at the moment. It isn't necessarily among the affordable blends, yet it isn't expensive enough to be considered an extravagance; and it isn't your typical blended scotch, yet isn't drawing the attention of single malt drinkers...it is somewhat of an oddity. (BTW, there is currently a limited re-release in the US so you may be able to find some now, but as I understand it, they'll be gone again soon.)


Back to the Basic 8:
Satin finish and resiprene, priced at $330. [resiprene and not drawing the interests of the aficionados, but satin finished and more expensive than many would pay]


It's among my top four knives at the moment.
 
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360joules said:
It just struck me that the basic 8 LE may be the Johnnie Walker Green Label of the knife world. :confused:

I'm sure that makes sense to everybody.

Bear with me for a second... I've been drinking and feel eloquent...


Johnnie Walker Green is a blended scotch that is touted by many to be the best tasting Johnnie Walker out there, yet it was discontinued in the US in 2011 due to low sales. It is a malt blend that is made up of single malt whiskies - Talisker, Linkwood, Cragganmore and Caol Ila. It's medium bodied and the finish is pretty smooth.

Anyhow, here's the rub...Johnnie Walker Green is a blended scotch that was designed to gain the interest of single malt drinkers. However, single malt drinkers aren't really looking to drink blends, so they don't really even notice. Likewise, within the blended scotch drinking community, if a person wants to simply get their drink on, maybe get a bottle of JW to drink with friends, they grab the Black or Red at $30 per bottle. If a person wants to be extravagant, they splurge and spend the $225 on the Blue. The Green ($65) sits right in the middle. It tastes fantastic and is a great sipper. As a single-malt drinker myself, I find this among my top four scotches at the moment. It isn't necessarily among the affordable blends, yet it isn't expensive enough to be considered an extravagance; and it isn't your typical blended scotch, yet isn't drawing the attention of single malt drinkers...it is somewhat of an oddity. (BTW, there is currently a limited re-release in the US so you may be able to find some now, but as I understand it, they'll be gone again soon.)


Back to the Basic 8:
Satin finish and resiprene, priced at $330.


It's among my top four knives at the moment.
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So you bring together all the singularly best qualities of Busse knives, blend them into one knife at a reasonable price...yep, definitely sounds like a satin Basic 8 to me. :cool: :cool: :cool:
 
Will York said:
So you bring together all the singularly best qualities of Busse knives, blend them into one knife at a reasonable price...yep, definitely sounds like a satin Basic 8 to me. :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Ha, yep! But it's still a blend.

It doesn't grab the attention of folks looking for extravagance and its price point due to the satin finish likely puts it outside of what the typical user folks would like to spend. It's an oddity that found exactly us as its target audience. I think a combat grade version at around $250 or so would nail the larger market and fly out of the shop in pallets.
 
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Maybe Dan will get into Jerry's INFI stash and build some. :D :thumbup:

I can see how, for some, the idea of a SATIN "basic" model might be oxymoronic. For me, on a user, satin is perfect. But then, I'd also pay more for Res-C over G10, so I'm sure I'M an oddity. :D
 
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360joules said:
You and me both, brother. :D

Go Dan Go! :thumbup:
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+1! :D

I'm just glad Jerry's business model structures Res-C on a hidden tang as a significantly lower-cost option than G10 or micarta on full tang. Possibly it is a dollar savings in production, though I'd think the manufacturing cost difference would be peanuts compared to what the knives sell for. But the ergos and weight savings of Res-C make it worth a significant bump in value to me personally. And nothing wears as well as satin INFI, in my experience. Double-cut in some applications, but satin for rust resistance--the stuff doesn't even want to take a patina.
 
360joules said:
I think a combat grade version at around $250 or so would nail the larger market and fly out of the shop in pallets.
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THIS!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:


BRING ON THE: CG Choiless Saber HOG BAIT

This (but coated or washed)...



C'mon Garth... You said it yourself... SABER is SEXY!!!!:cool:
 
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Yeah, THAT version with old school INFI (dimples on the flats and no micro wrinkles on the grinds and a nice pointy point) with Tan handles would likely replace most of my >8" blades. It would also outsell soooooo many other knives in that size range Jerry's Grandkids could retire. BUT....

Before we push for the ultimate survival blade, we need to get the Backpacker B8 LE's to ALL the folks who ordered them first!!!:thumbup::D:D:D
 
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