What folding blades to Busse fixed blade fans like to own?

Adian said:
Yea don't think you can with your current status. But if you ever upgrade to gold, shoot me a message and we can talk!

Ryker-That's kinda what I thought, that's why I tried to be really vague. I'll probably upgrade soon, there's a few I'd like to sell anyway.

But he opened his books up for 24 hours a while back and got 3 years worth of orders in that time.
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Wow! I wonder how much of that is large orders from dealers.
 
rcb2000 said:
Is that a Busse blade friction folder?
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In the third picture it looks like a slot is in the tang which to me means it's probably similar to a Rolox. That thing is sweet! Obviously an inspired design :)
 
cpirtle said:
In the third picture it looks like a slot is in the tang which to me means it's probably similar to a Rolox. That thing is sweet! Obviously an inspired design :)
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Ah, I wondered if someone took a Cultie and made a friction folder...
This was a similar excellent job done by Hog Randucci
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I like ZT. I have a 303, a 566CF and a 900. I also use a Kershaw Camber, it's nothing special but it's a good bang for your buck. I got it cheap at their annual factory 2nd sale. Made in USA, aluminum handle & an S30V blade at a price that won't make you cry if you lose it. I also just bought a Medford on the Exchange but I haven't received it yet. I hadn't heard of them until I saw Adian's post in another thread & looked them up and fell in love with the Praetorian T.
 
Ryker said:
I like ZT. I have a 303, a 566CF and a 900. I also use a Kershaw Camber, it's nothing special but it's a good bang for your buck. I got it cheap at their annual factory 2nd sale. Made in USA, aluminum handle & an S30V blade at a price that won't make you cry if you lose it. I also just bought a Medford on the Exchange but I haven't received it yet. I hadn't heard of them until I saw Adian's post in another thread & looked them up and fell in love with the Praetorian T.
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Yea man the Praetorian is awesome. I keep it in the kangaroo pouch on my chest rig. Only two gripes I have about them. The clip is stiff as hell and hard to get on a pocket and the frame lock sticks out a bit vs the groove on the other side, kinda makes the finger groove pointless. Other than that, nice overbuilt folder! Takes some practice to flip em one handed. Put some graphite from a pencil on it and break it in
 
Adian said:
Yea man the Praetorian is awesome. I keep it in the kangaroo pouch on my chest rig. Only two gripes I have about them. The clip is stiff as hell and hard to get on a pocket and the frame lock sticks out a bit vs the groove on the other side, kinda makes the finger groove pointless. Other than that, nice overbuilt folder! Takes some practice to flip em one handed. Put some graphite from a pencil on it and break it in
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Jake Hoback recommended a sharpie for the lock face in one of his videos, works even better than a pencil for me so far
 
Yea I've heard of the sharpie method too. Both seem to work well. My Dalibors were a little harder to break in until the washers became polished during break in b
 
Adian said:
Yea I've heard of the sharpie method too. Both seem to work well. My Dalibors were a little harder to break in until the washers became polished during break in b
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That Draco is just insane, I have serious Dalibor envy :thumbup:
 
Yea they are beauties!!! And my Castor, it is smooth as butter now!

If you are in the market for a Draco, shoot me a DM, I have a lead on a couple.
 
WOW!!^
Thanks, Garth!
It would be very cool if the Busse Folder was offered with an asymmetrical blade version also.
 
Adian said:
I'll meet your Draco and raise you a Castor [emoji106]

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That's definitely a nice Castor. I think my next Dalibor will probably be an Unnamed. I'm currently in search of a "reasonably" priced Stitch though which I hope to make my next folder.
 
zmbhntr said:
That's definitely a nice Castor. I think my next Dalibor will probably be an Unnamed. I'm currently in search of a "reasonably" priced Stitch though which I hope to make my next folder.
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I've been hunting an Unnamed for a WHILE!!! Was offered one last week but didn't like the colors and the markup was too much. Most have an insane markup.
 
I've been looking at pics of Dracos and it looks like some have a one piece machined handle, and others are two scales screwed like a standard folder. Is this an accurate observation? Or are they different models? Just curious. I personally like the one piece design but I'm sure the two piece is faster & easier to produce. From what I've heard it's not easy to machine titanium.
 
Ryker said:
I've been looking at pics of Dracos and it looks like some have a one piece machined handle, and others are two scales screwed like a standard folder. Is this an accurate observation? Or are they different models? Just curious. I personally like the one piece design but I'm sure the two piece is faster & easier to produce. From what I've heard it's not easy to machine titanium.
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Yea he has two dif handle models. An integral which is all machined out of a single piece of titanium (my castor) and a non-integral which is the 2 scales screwed together (my Draco).

The integral a are cool because the contouring and coloring flow all the way around the handle, but, due to it being more difficult to machine, it increase the price pretty significantly.

Some models, like the Unnamed, only come in integral form.
 
Adian said:
Yea he has two dif handle models. An integral which is all machined out of a single piece of titanium (my castor) and a non-integral which is the 2 scales screwed together (my Draco).

The integral a are cool because the contouring and coloring flow all the way around the handle, but, due to it being more difficult to machine, it increase the price pretty significantly.

Some models, like the Unnamed, only come in integral form.
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Ok, thank you for the clarification. Man, you & zmbhntr have some beautiful blades:thumbup:
 
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