Trailmaster vs Battle Mistress

As long as your suggesting new knives to test we could always throw in Jim's Outsider and a Spyderco cricket just fir kicks
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The advantage with getting something from a maker like Tim Britton is that you have a choice of steel, handle material and slight variations to suite your typical needs.

Since everyone is throwing in there 2 cents,

*BREND #2 10" IN D-2* OR A
*FISK ARKANSAS CAMP KNIFE*
 
So, Mike, were is this test at. Have you not received the Busse knife yet. I really would like to see the results of this test.
 
I bought a mag. last year that had a bunch of camp knives and bowie knives tested in it.
Hedrickson, Fisk(?), and I wish I could remember the others. The person doing the testing tested them for all around use as a camp knife. From slicing and dicing to heavy duty chopping. I will try and find the mag. and post the results. Also another mag. did a big article on commercially available Bowies. CS, Lindner(Remington pattern), Ruana, Mineral Mtn, etc. I will try and locate that one too. Pretty interesting stuff contained there in.
 
How about this for an interesting addition. A HI Khukuri! When it comes to choppin I suspect it would be hard to beat. Plus it is off the wall when compared to the others.
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I suspect it can give one a heck of a surprise.

Regards,

Tom Carey
 
Lynn Thompson offered to buy the Battle Mistress at twice its suggested price to test against his Trailmaster (see his riposte at www.coldsteel.com).

I hope BF gets to test these two soon and give Lynn a copy
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If Lynn's offer is still up when I get my BM I'll sell it to him. Buy another one and pocket the change - net result free BM for me. Excellent deal.

To anyone with any sense that offer by Lynn just looks really silly. If he wanted a BM why doesn't he just go out and buy one at the normal price from a dealer.

-Cliff
 
Word is that CS probably already got the Battle Mistress. You think that this test will be unbiased? There is no way in he#$ that someone with the ego of Lynn is going to post that his knife lost, IMHO.
 
I have already tlaked to Lynn about that. I will send a Battle mistress to Lynn after I test it. I also talked to Jerry a few minutes after telling Lynn I would do this. Jerry said. I really don't care who wins although my money would be on the BM. There is a wrench to throw in this fire.

A Basic #9 Against the Trailmaster would be a better bet. They are very close in price and this is what I will be testing here on BF.

This obvious and blatent war going on between Lynn and Jerry is very entertaining. It seems the whole arguement is over those two knives and performance. The cool thing is that until the Basic series came out they both win no matter what. Now that the Basic series is out Lynn stands to loose big time if the Trailmaster looses to it. Jerry stands to loose if he con not produce enough to go around. Either way we, the educated internet crowd, will always win.

Man I can't wait. I have the full line of Busse's new knives in house for pictures. All are the same dull ones he had at the show but man I sure would like to sharpen one up and take it out for a spin!

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Mike, I don't know why Lynn decided to go after Busse, when Busse made it clear that he never considered the Trailmaster the nearest competitor. It was Lynn who put himself in that category. Lynn should have set his sights on the other manufacturers out there such as SOG, Al Mar, Katz, Junglee, and stated that his product is considerably tougher, and he wpould be right. But to go against one of the toughest knives out there that has already proven itself to more than one person is crazy.
 
It seems to me that the Spec 10 from Ontario is closer in steel type (1095), and handle type, than the Battle Mistress. One of the major benefits of the BM is the full length steel, with slabs instead of a wraparound handle.
 
HipShot,

have you seen the new Battle Mistress, Basic #9. The handle is a kind of CS one.

ZoxX
 
Guys,

Having held both, I can tell you that a Busse Battle Mistress and a Busse Basic #9 are not the same knife. If I wanted a big Busse and had the money for the Basic #9, I would save a little longer (and put up with the long wait for delivery) and get the Battle Mistress, its a better knife at that price point in my personal opinion.

Once I held both in my own hands, there was no doubt where my hard earned money would go.

Sid
 
Sid, the assumption with the Basics is that they will be offered at big discounts that will put them in the price range were many are willing to buy. The only other difference is in the handle materials which Busse claims is tough, and resistant to chemicals as well as not getting sticky like Kraton in the heat. The other thing is that these blades will be the same thickness as his custom line. Also, he will have the same guarantee on them from my understanding. And you won't have to wait 8 months to get one. I will definitelly be buying a #9 and #7 when they come out and are offered at good discounts.
 
Cobalt,

You are correct in that my comparison was based on retail pricing. Even with heavy discounts, the Busse Basics can only go so low. I have seen brand new retail sales on the 'net for Carbon V TrailMasters at $130 from gun dealers. Will the Busse Basic line ever get that low? I don't think so. Gun show pricing is pretty agressive as well but, not that low.

Even buying a Busse Basic #9 at dealer cost (which I can), I still prefer the Battle Mistress. It is not just the handle material. The Battle Mistress has a feel in the hand that begs you to use it. I was not moved that way by the Busse Basic #9. I don't know if it was due to slightly thinner blade stock, the reduced distance from spine to cutting edge or what but, there was a difference there in the way blade felt in my hand. This is not to say that Busse Basic #9 is a bad blade or that it won't be very successful, its just not going to claim any of my hard money. I wish the wait for the Battle Mistress wasn't so long but, I will find a way to manage until then.

The other Busse Basic knives really got my attention though. The #7 you mentioned is a knife that I would be willing purchase. My suggestion to you and everyone else is to wait until they are actually released and you can go to your local gun show or knife retailer where they are sold and pick them up. Then make up your mind.

Sid
 
Man I think I will anounce the weekend I do the test so any and all can come watch! It will be in Jacksonville Florida and maybe I can tie it in with a seminar. Bram Frank will teach knife fighting and how to use the escalator and I will teach defense and other tactics. I can have a friend teach a CWP course for Florida residents. Anyone interested?

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Cobalt,

If the Battle Mistress is not comparing to the CS Trailmaster Bowie, what knife is it being compared to?

I thought it was obvious in the ads in the knife rags (using many of the same tests with the CS results shown as on the CS "Proof" video) that is exactly the knife they were comparing their product too.
 
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