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Now for the most part this is a bit tounge in cheek. I know that Jerry is amazing and his warranty is second to absolutely none. This is only one step past a hypothetical question since i know of at least one blade pushed past it limits for the sake of the destruction test.

So I had this thought today..... who has intentionally destroyed a Busse successfully, and what type of carnage did it take to accomplish? I know the multipart destruction video was a good brutal example of the abuse they can dish out and take. But for real, whos managed to do this and what did you do? Shoot it with a AP rifle round, subject it to a blazing inferno so the HT was affected, drop it into the tracks of a CAT? I have heard rumor of at least one lawn mower incident, but i dont know how that turned out for the poor mower. Extra points if you still have the corpse.

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inkynate said:
Cliff Stamp did, RIP.

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I knocked a large half-moon chip out of an 1111, but not really fair since the previous owner had it aggresively reground so it was likely too thin at the edge for the work and the heat treat may have been blown during the regrind.
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Nate

That was my blade... I had it reground waaaay to thin. And I'm not sure if he messed up the heat treat
 
Jerry Busse said:
Cliffs Basic # 7 could take no more. After having sent Cliff a Basic # 7 a little over 2 years ago with the instructions to test it to the point of total destruction, we thought we would be hearing from him within a couple of weeks. More than 2 YEARS later we finally received the death notice. Cliffs Basic # 7, after having been beaten senseless and tested more heavily than any other knife in Cliffs disturbed history, gave up the ghost while being beaten on with the sledge hammer end of a hatchet. Its frail, anorexic blade could take no more. Witnesses say that a note was found in the pocket of the sheath. . . It read something like this:

Dear Cliff,

What the. . . .? I am a knife. . . . not a railroad spike! I do not know what voices you hear and I do not know what they tell you to do. I can take no more! Im breaking out of here . . . Literally! Tell your Mistress Ill continue to think of her. . . . .

Later Creep!,

Your once Basic #7. . . . and now Basic #5 ¾ .


We at Busse Combat celebrate the fact that Cliff was finally able to destroy his Basic #7. It couldnt have happened to a more deserving knife. . . . .

Cliff will be giving the eulogy. (How inappropriate is that? The killer offers his final words over his latest victim?) It's sick!

Heres a side by side comparison of what were once, two identical Basic #7 test blades. The top one is Cliffs Basic #7. The bottom one is the shops Basic #7 test blade. Notice any difference? If you truly want to know what level of use and abuse your knives can take. . . .send them to Cliff. Over the 2 years that he tested the Basic # 7, he reground it by many, many re-sharpenings, and modified it by expanding the choil, and grinding a wire cutting notch in the top of the ricasso. He then burned the handle, cut the handle, and put some type of, what I believe to be fiberglass, goop over the handle to make it fit his hand better. I love to see one of our blades that has had this much use pounded into it. It gives them Character.

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Below is a close up of the two handles. Note the expanded choil in front of the guard and the wire breaking notch ground into the top of the ricasso. Nice, personal, additions.

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Below is what is left of Cliffs Basic # 7. . . two years after he began heavy, abusive testing. The sheath, I believe, had hung in there, but once the knife finally died, Cliff killed it to see how tough it really was.

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Well be sending Cliff one of our new 1 thick models sometime next week
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Yours in nuclear testosterone,

Jerry Busse



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Some guy in Poland? beat on the spine of a Swamp Rat with a pipe wrench for hours while drunk.
Busse blade was intentionally shot on the flat with a .308 round.
A friend of mine handed his Rucki to his BIL, who put it over his knee and put a permanent bend in it.
Blades have been shot edge-wise to split the bullet.
Some guy announced in advance that he would shoot his Busse with .50 cal., not expecting Busse to cover that. Jerry agreed that he could cover that, but did want the video!
 
I bought once a well used 711, striped etc... i hammered it through logs, the spine took rolls, no chips, but it broke when i stuck it 1 inch deep in a tree and tried to step on it (i"m approx 175lbs)
I didn't felt guilty as it was so used when i bought it, i sent it to busse and got a new one no question asked
 
number41 said:
Nate

That was my blade... I had it reground waaaay to thin. And I'm not sure if he messed up the heat treat
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No worries mate, it was a blast while it lasted. Jerry also covered it when I asked if they wanted me to send it in so they could examine it, even though I said didn’t expect any warranty coverage at all.

Tried to repay his kindness by buying a ton more Bussekin over the years. 🤘🏼

btw, do you recall who made the sheath? I was able to replace it with a new 1111 off the Exchange so it’s still in use.
 
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I broke half an inch out of a Battle Rat once, it fractured right along the temper line back when they were differentially hardened. Replaced within a week under warranty.
 
Grendelsnap said:
I broke half an inch out of a Battle Rat once, it fractured right along the temper line back when they were differentially hardened. Replaced within a week under warranty.
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Yup, I have seen this many times over the years with differentially hardened knives. The transition area becomes a stress riser itself. I have heard of it with some swamprats as well.
 
As I expected Jerry goes above and beyond with his customer service. These are some excellent posts, that video was the one I was referencing. Now where are the photos of the carnage? No one has carnage photos after chopping a train in half or deflecting A-10 depleted uranium rounds? 🤪
 
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