Well... my foolish choices go on

[tuica]

With what little I earn on my bank savings account (.000001%?), the purchase of a fine Busse will net you a better return on dollars spent. And with much more enjoyment!...Order on!

 

[Noxious Fumes]

^^^^^ and that's a fact, Jack:thumbup:

 

[u812]

That nasty green paper is only worth what you can buy with it and that gets less and less all the time.

 

[HARDTYMEZ]

With what little I earn on my bank savings account (.000001%?), the purchase of a fine Busse will net you a better return on dollars spent. And with much more enjoyment!...Order on!

Definitely.. With inflation, collecting Busse's you are ahead of the game..

 

[Muaddib1116]

Well, it has arrived! I couldn't resist not getting it dirty right away.

And all cleaned up with a soapy bath.

It's a solid knife for sure! The edge is thicker than I expected. It definitely inspires confidence, but it doesn't bite all that well when chopping, at least not as well as my Junglas, and nowhere near as well as my CRK Shadow I. I might eventually put a shallower angle on it.

I'm still trying to decide what to do about a sheath. I sort of want to try my hand at molding some Kydex, since I want a Kydex sheath for my Shadow I. But I have been eying a BuyBrown arctic white sheath I saw on a google search.

 

[evltcat]

Well, it has arrived! I couldn't resist not getting it dirty right away.

And all cleaned up with a soapy bath.

It's a solid knife for sure! The edge is thicker than I expected. It definitely inspires confidence, but it doesn't bite all that well when chopping, at least not as well as my Junglas, and nowhere near as well as my CRK Shadow I. I might eventually put a shallower angle on it.

I'm still trying to decide what to do about a sheath. I sort of want to try my hand at molding some Kydex, since I want a Kydex sheath for my Shadow I. But I have been eying a BuyBrown arctic white sheath I saw on a google search.

Keep in mind the TGLB is a great all around knife. It will chop and slice like no ones business for an 8" blade. It ain't gonna chop like a ASHBM, NMFBM, or a Junglas.
As far as the sheath is concerned I have just a couple from Mr. Brown and I can definitely recommend him. Just drop him an email and he'll hook-u-up!

 

[Muaddib1116]

Yeah, I have no doubts about its capabilities. I was just saying that I think the lack of bite is partially due to the more obtuse edge in comparison to the Junglas and Shadow I.

 

[RobStanley]

Great knife. Give it a good flogging through some really hard seasoned wood with a mallet and you'll see why these knives are what they are.