What do you think this is?

Eric Isaacson

Eric Isaacson

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I picked this up last year with the help of another HOG and I just wonder if any of you can tell me what it is. This is a test for you guys because I have talked to Jerry about this, and he has given me the scoop on it.

This may help you hone your skills and prepare for shows when you find something and you don't know if you should buy it or pass because you don't know for sure what it is.

This is not for sale, this is just a quiz of your Busse knowledge.

Along with your thoughts on the piece what do you think you would pay for it if it were on a table of a non-busse dealer?

Blade is coated black, blade length is over 9"

For some of you HOG's this will be an easy one

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It looks likes another one of Grinducci's failures, I wouldn't pay more than 50 bucks for it!!! :eek:
 
is it an E handle BM? looks like a custom grind job with no choil. I would pay mmmm 400 lol because that is all i have.
 
clone7 said:
I was going to say that but i figured Grinducci wont go grind crazy twice... would he? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Don't EVER try to guess what Grinducci will or will not do!!!
 
I'd also venture to say an apprentice knife or an old field grade variant from way back when....
 
looks like a ratk ground down with busse scales.... send it to me and i will see if i can break it like i have all the ratk's i have owned....
 
Hmm, good one, and nice quiz! It looks pretty thick, but the choil is all wrong, and the butt grind is weird. The quilted micarta scales and shape are what make it stand out as Busse... But it's so ugly... Is it a knife done by Dan? I don't mean that as an insult in any way. Just going by his own wifes description of him as "Dan the Hack", I believe it was. That, and the choil shape is similar to the "Dog Father"...

As for what I'd pay... Maybe $200-250, but it would depend on what the steel looked like (INFI dimples) and the quality of the grinds. Also, I'm not a big chopper guy, so it's just not my style.

That Sheath looks early Busse also...

Do I win?
 
Is that there one of the Hood knives Eric? I know I have seen some on Bad Mojo with the squared section in front of the choil, but they never appealed to me so I didn't pay much attention to them.
 
Looks like it started out life as a Hood knife blank.

Odd with No Talon holes at all.

Lets see if I can get a picture up

2nd one down. circa June 2001 looks like same handle angle, same color handle
Very different grind
 
Good guesses all the way around. It is not an apprentice knife.

Progunner was the first to be on track, then Andre, and Xanax. (I figured Andre would get it right away ;) )

It was one of the Hood Blanks that has been reground into a Variant. Jerry did this one if I remember correctly.

Anyone want to guess why it does not look like an apprentice?

I'll post some better pics later today with some of it's close relatives

:D:D
 
I thought apprentice BM, but with the sheath and the tube fastened scales it wouldn't be, would it? I have an apprentice knife with scales and usually the first thing commented on are the handle scales.
 
Hood's model was my guess - but only because I couldn't figure out why the heck a BM would look so screwed up and not have talon holes.

I'd pay $300, with no clue what it was. Knowing that it's a Hoods variant, $500. Real value to the right person - $700? $900? Those are all just shots in the dark. For that kind of money at Blade, I'd rather find something from a new Jr. Smith. It doesn't really fill a hole in my user or collection piles, though it might make a good trade for something that did.
 
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