Wanted: your personal grail stories! What are you looking for, or what did you get?

littlehoot

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An interest of mine, what are you looking for, the one (or two) knives you really really want to find? (well, those that you have an honest chance of getting)- no future offerings please- current or past production only...

or conversely, what did you get that you always wanted?

Currently I am really wanting my first ASH-1 or a NMFSH.

I have a story of one I acquired, but it can wait. My biggest grail was my first infi- whatever it turned out to be (ended up being a swatmandu).

Your stories may be just as short, or detailed as you wish...
 
Send me an email littlehoot. I may be able to help you out.

OTOH. I found a grail of mine in my mailbox the other day. An original 1/300 SHBM. Minty too.

But, I've always wanted an ergo Battle Mistress. O doubt in my mind I'll get one someday. Also, I'd like eventually to find a BASIC10LE NO CHOIL. FWIW. My interests change daily. So I keep finding grails to add.

Good luck. EMAIL ME DUDE! ;)
 
Send me an email littlehoot. I may be able to help you out.

OTOH. I found a grail of mine in my mailbox the other day. An original 1/300 SHBM. Minty too.

But, I've always wanted an ergo Battle Mistress. O doubt in my mind I'll get one someday. Also, I'd like eventually to find a BASIC10LE NO CHOIL. FWIW. My interests change daily. So I keep finding grails to add.

Good luck. EMAIL ME DUDE! ;)

I will, but my current funds are lacking- we might work out a future "arrangement" I saw you working on the SHBM in the exchange lately (I think?) and wondered...
FWIW, there are a few no choil b10's on the exchange currently, iirc.
 
I want an ASHBM not sure if to get the satin or coated. I know they are almost gone if I want the current version but I am buying so manny other ones. But what I really want is a MOAB just I do not have the funds to go there at this point maybe soon.
 
FFBM and 1/300 SHBM (original ) were my grails , but this new MOABM is something I always wished for ,
Can't wait till I get it and getting a really
Nice pair of pants for it will be equally exciting
 
It was an ASH1 and NMSFNO for me... neither are "special" in the great scheme of Busse but from Day 1 they were the two I wanted. Then after lots of reading and looking here it was a Fat ASH1 with black blade and black and tan G10. I could hardly believe it when I score two in this combo (after months of looking) days apart. Same with the NMSFNOs. I nearly bought one from Liu Wang(ker) Then I scored a black with black and tan and a few weeks later a tanker with handshapped black and tan.

For me the reality of the world is that if I could only own one Busse past today it could be one of the above blades and I would not be at all disappointed.

I have given instructions that a fat ASH is to join me in the box when that time comes....just in case... ;)

.22 ASH1 s are my new passion ..... ;)
 
I've always wanted a TGLB in satin finish with tigerhide handle, contacted the custom shop once but they don't do satin on TGLB. I know some HOGs have it and I have no idea how they got their chance but I'm hoping one day I will have mine too.
 
Anyone that has scored their grail knife... Let's see some photos :thumbup:


My Busse Grail is the CGFBM... and I finally scored one this week!
 
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Hahahaha. Tell Grail stories!!!??

This is Hog Trickery of the highest order!!!! Telling the tales of our deepest secret wants and desires so you (or others) can try to sweep in and take them from our grasp!!!

As my recruiter always told me....."no, never, none".
 
Hahahaha. Tell Grail stories!!!??

This is Hog Trickery of the highest order!!!! Telling the tales of our deepest secret wants and desires so you (or others) can try to sweep in and take them from our grasp!!!

As my recruiter always told me....."no, never, none".


We will never know Graelface's deepest desires...
unless we read his signature line :eek:
 
Ultimate grail knife is the porky parkway

I really wanted a fatty ash, then I found this guy.... Not sure to keep this or release



I just saw this up on the exchange and fell in love. nmfsh with hand smoothed black and blue g10 big finish or le, this one had red and silver liners, I'm disgusted with myself for missing it, so much that I asked the guy who bought it to please keep me in mind and offered to make him money on the day he decides to part with it. This is right below the porky parkway


 
I really wanted and succeeded in getting the Battle Pappy; my other Grails are a MOAB and Eric Isaackson's Blue Ridge Bowie!:D

Tom, I don't remember that one, ya got a pic of that Blue Ridge or should I ask Eric to post one via PM?



As for my Grail....

My existing grail is my Tan/Tan Battle Rat...


I traded a NMFBM straight across for it and feel I got the better deal. It has been on a NUMBER of adventures with me and rides with me whenever I leave home. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

My Basic 10LE's are Great Blades and come close to the awesomeness of the Battle Rat...(Battle Rat on top how it currently looks and my two B10LE's)...



I know you said current or past models, but Like Tom says, I'm "...a man of great perserverance.";) My Grail blade was kinda released a couple months ago. I'd love a heavy saber ground Basic 8 variant. You can see it here in post #5104 on this thread... http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-Busse-Combat-Limited-Edition-Basic-8/page128

Sorry I couldn't resist.:D
 
As far as I know, the only 2 machined snakeskin micarta & satin finished Off Duty's in the wild. :) ...Took me years. :D

Busse-SSOffDuty_Pair-4.jpg
 
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