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 .
Here is my twisted justification for a costly Busse Folder....I'm only going to purchase 4 or 5 and I will only take ONE trip to Hawaii this year for my Nephews Fishing Tournament and it will all balance out if I get a good Pecan harvest. How convoluted is that???:eek::D:D:D
 
Tom Kanik said:
The folder looked and felt awesome, but also co$tly.:cool:
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evltcat said:
Not really, then I could stop buying other folders!! :thumbup:

(At least that's what I plan on telling the wife when she makes me 'splain the charge on the CC!) ;) --- :D
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I haven't bought a folder since I bought my first Busse... the Busse folder would be the first one I bought this decade... well, if it becomes available this decade.
 
AZTimT said:
I haven't bought a folder since I bought my first Busse... the Busse folder would be the first one I bought this decade... well, if it becomes available this decade.
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Man, I really hope you're joking about not having bought a folder this decade! :eek: There have been some exceptionally nice ones!!! :cool:

IMO, Busse missed the boat not releasing a folder awhile back, as there is some pretty darned stiff competition in the folder market these days. LOTS and lots and lots of good options...
 
Hey Tom,

The picture from the BLADE '15 thread showing Jerry holding the new folder is a little blurry.

Does it have Res-C and about an 8" Blade?!?!? Must be a liner lock then huh?:D
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Man, I really hope you're joking about not having bought a folder this decade! :eek: There have been some exceptionally nice ones!!! :cool:

IMO, Busse missed the boat not releasing a folder awhile back, as there is some pretty darned stiff competition in the folder market these days. LOTS and lots and lots of good options...
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Nope, not joking and it's not because I'm waiting for the Busse folder. It's because I have edc'ed the same little snakeskin meaner HACK since I scored it in 2010, before that it was a SAR 3 and before that was a Scrapper 5 LE going back to 2009. I just don't carry a folder outside of my sog powerpliers. Between the pliers, the HACK and whatever larger chopper I want to carry/use, I really have most of my daily requirements sorted out. New stuff is neat and there is always some latest, greatest thing to buy, but sometimes if it ain't broke... ;)
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AZTimT said:
Nope, not joking and it's not because I'm waiting for the Busse folder. It's because I have edc'ed the same little snakeskin meaner HACK since I scored it in 2010, before that it was a SAR 3 and before that was a Scrapper 5 LE going back to 2009. I just don't carry a folder outside of my sog powerpliers. Between the pliers, the HACK and whatever larger chopper I want to carry/use, I really have most of my daily requirements sorted out. New stuff is neat and there is always some latest, greatest thing to buy, but sometimes if it ain't broke... ;)
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Tim, have you ever ran into the need for something a little more "slicey" than the Meaner Street?

I'm gonna answer my own question preemptively and say, "No" ;)
 
PeteyTwoPointOne said:
Tim, have you ever ran into the need for something a little more "slicey" than the Meaner Street?

I'm gonna answer my own question preemptively and say, "No" ;)
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Very rarely, I thinned out the edge quite a bit on an edge pro to where it is a balance between strength and ability to slice. It slices up apples just fine, though it is a tad thick for slicing through cheese smoothly without breaking/crumbling the cheese depending on the type. Dry cheeses like Dubliner tend to crumble/break anyway, but moist cheeses like mild cheddar, colby or jack seem flexible enough to work just fine. If I was going to carry anything else to compliment this blade to make up for slicyiness it would be a not yet existing SkElmax Warden type of blade. Thin, slicy stainless with no handles so it would pocket carry nicely for food tasks. I would not stop carrying the meaner hack simply because I use it to scrape, pry, shave, engrave keys/filters, notch, chop roots & even baton small stuff, cut rubber hoses/belts/mudflaps/tires, marking tire sidewalls for puncture locations, letting air out of valve stems, tighten hose clamps and other screws regular or philips, pick ice, dig through dirt/debris, pruning, picking up prickly weeds like thistle/hawthorn/rose when gloves aren't handy, puncture metal/plastic cans/lids/seals, drill wood or plastic for countersinking or bowdrills, feather sticks, carving, whittling, killing bugs/spiders/scorpions/snakes or other annoying critters that are best not touched or just flipping them out of the way including carcasses, skinning animals, beheading chickens, cleaning fish, punch/drill new leather belt holes, score wood/plastic/foam for cutting/breaking and countless other tasks a thinner blade might not handle well. It compliments the B8 very nicely!

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AZTimT said:
Very rarely, I thinned out the edge quite a bit on an edge pro to where it is a balance between strength and ability to slice. It slices up apples just fine, though it is a tad thick for slicing through cheese smoothly without breaking/crumbling the cheese depending on the type. Dry cheeses like Dubliner tend to crumble/break anyway, but moist cheeses like mild cheddar, colby or jack seem flexible enough to work just fine. If I was going to carry anything else to compliment this blade to make up for slicyiness it would be a not yet existing SkElmax Warden type of blade. Thin, slicy stainless with no handles so it would pocket carry nicely for food tasks. I would not stop carrying the meaner hack simply because I use it to scrape, pry, shave, engrave keys/filters, notch, chop roots & even baton small stuff, cut rubber hoses/belts/mudflaps/tires, marking tire sidewalls for puncture locations, letting air out of valve stems, tighten hose clamps and other screws regular or philips, pick ice, dig through dirt/debris, pruning, picking up prickly weeds like thistle/hawthorn/rose when gloves aren't handy, puncture metal/plastic cans/lids/seals, drill wood or plastic for countersinking or bowdrills, feather sticks, carving, whittling, killing bugs/spiders/scorpions/snakes or other annoying critters that are best not touched or just flipping them out of the way including carcasses, skinning animals, beheading chickens, cleaning fish, punch/drill new leather belt holes, score wood/plastic/foam for cutting/breaking and countless other tasks a thinner blade might not handle well. It compliments the B8 very nicely!
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Ha! I knew the answer before I asked...

the part about the tire sidewalls intrigues me a bit...seems like the "marking" process would further compromise the integrity of the sidewall-- in the mind of this naive piglet :o... please elaborate :)

And yes, I can see how the Meaner is a GREAT counterbalance to the BASIC 8....

I guess you prefer the Meaner Street over a Magnum Bear Cub, or have you had a chance to EDC one? Thanks for your great answer last time, BTW!:)
 
Ah, I see now! ;) That makes PERFECT sense!!! :thumbup:

That HACK looks a LOT like the Elmax one I recently picked up from Roenman, and I LOVE that knife!!!

 
PeteyTwoPointOne said:
Ha! I knew the answer before I asked...

the part about the tire sidewalls intrigues me a bit...seems like the "marking" process would further compromise the integrity of the sidewall-- in the mind of this naive piglet :o... please elaborate :)

And yes, I can see how the Meaner is a GREAT counterbalance to the BASIC 8....

I guess you prefer the Meaner Street over a Magnum Bear Cub, or have you had a chance to EDC one? Thanks for your great answer last time, BTW!:)
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When you pick up a nail or screw in your tire tread that is repairable, sometimes it is a pain to find. So, after finding it the first time I use the spine edge of the tip to scratch, but not cut, a crows foot arrow onto the sidewall to make locating the offensive object easier when it reaches a location where it can be repaired. It shows up nicely and causes no harm to the tire, but saves time.

The problem for me is my hands are much larger than most which makes the meaner hack fit my hand like a MBC does my wife's. She has one and loves it, but it's a two and a half finger knife for me. This is my hand over a SAR 6 handle, which is not small, so I need the hack choil in place of the talon hole on most of the smaller handled designs. Yes, buying gloves that fit is a chore too. :)
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Noxious Fumes said:
Yo! AZ!

Nice set:thumbup:..... Love the wee one!
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Thanks, me too! :D

SpyderPhreak said:
Ah, I see now! ;) That makes PERFECT sense!!! :thumbup:

That HACK looks a LOT like the Elmax one I recently picked up from Roenman, and I LOVE that knife!!!

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I would love to get a hacktive duty someday, they are really sweet. That is a great score that will serve you well!
 
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