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Recently I decided that I was at an age where it was time to start selling my very large collection of blades that I had accumulated over a many, many years. I placed the Busse part of my collection up for sale in Australia first and most went like hotcakes. Strangely, my all time favourite Busse didnt sell immediately and I then had second thoughts about selling it and I withdrew it from sale. It was my ST-56. I originally bought it at one of those Busse Extravaganzaas many years ago. I have now decided this apparently little known Busse is the one that will stay with me forever. I have never done any battoning with it (never a need here in Australia but I would have no qualms about doing it). I love using it to cut up meat for my dogs. When carrying it in a sheath it is fairly innocuous and doesnt scare others as much as my larger Busses and it packs in a pack easily. I have never liked carrying the larger busses because of their weight. But I know that comes down to personal opinion and each to his own.
I then started looking at the ST-56 more seriously and realised what a terrific survival knife it is. I had bought, no laughing, a Bear Grylls ultimate survival knife some time ago. I am one of those who love his shows but I watch them for what they are entertainment. I remember when I was a kid I used to go to the pictures and loved watching the Three Stooges. For those too young to know of the Three Stooges, they were a slap-stick comedy group who would poked each other in the eyes and slapped each other around etc.. People used to get worried that I would start poking others in the eyes etc. but I never did. I saw them for what they were make believe entertainment the same as Bear Grylls, and I find his knife a good bargain for the money. But the point of the story is that I realised what a terrific survival knife the ST-56 is compared to the Bear Grylls knife. At 12.5 inches long with a 6 inch cutting edge and full tang and made of infi. It has all the features of the Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival knife and more. It even has multiple attachment points for making into a spear. All this and its original purpose, I believe, was to be a tactical knife, for which I am sure it would do admirably.
If out camping I would team it up with my Mora 2000 kit that include a firestick and torch built into the sheath and which can be worn around my neck. The Mora would provide the fine slicing. I really believe I have reached Busse heaven with my ST-56.
I then started looking at the ST-56 more seriously and realised what a terrific survival knife it is. I had bought, no laughing, a Bear Grylls ultimate survival knife some time ago. I am one of those who love his shows but I watch them for what they are entertainment. I remember when I was a kid I used to go to the pictures and loved watching the Three Stooges. For those too young to know of the Three Stooges, they were a slap-stick comedy group who would poked each other in the eyes and slapped each other around etc.. People used to get worried that I would start poking others in the eyes etc. but I never did. I saw them for what they were make believe entertainment the same as Bear Grylls, and I find his knife a good bargain for the money. But the point of the story is that I realised what a terrific survival knife the ST-56 is compared to the Bear Grylls knife. At 12.5 inches long with a 6 inch cutting edge and full tang and made of infi. It has all the features of the Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival knife and more. It even has multiple attachment points for making into a spear. All this and its original purpose, I believe, was to be a tactical knife, for which I am sure it would do admirably.
If out camping I would team it up with my Mora 2000 kit that include a firestick and torch built into the sheath and which can be worn around my neck. The Mora would provide the fine slicing. I really believe I have reached Busse heaven with my ST-56.
