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What's so special about Busse Micarta handle?
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Walking Man
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Yes they do?~???
Of course they do.
BM nimravus for one.
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Chris reeves Green Beret,
this list isn't particularly short, either.
Tops Knives.
Many others.
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What's special is the texturing and how they are attached.
Of course they do.
BM nimravus for one.
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Chris reeves Green Beret,
this list isn't particularly short, either.
Tops Knives.
Many others.
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What's special is the texturing and how they are attached.
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The answer is pretty simple (Maybe), probably because it costs more.Peter La said:
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Yes, and how come S30V gets such a bad rap around the forums?
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Does it? I thought it was pretty good stuff.Andrew Lynch said:
The only bad thing that I've heard is that some folks don't think it's much better than BG-42
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Santi said:It's nice. It's give a superb purchase. It's add "value" to the knife. Blah, blah, blah . . .
I mean why can't somebody else is doing it?
(So, is it a SPECIAL Micarta? That need SPECIAL machine and/or process to do? Or what?)
Not really sure what aspect you are asking about.
Here are my thoughts:
- Micarta is a very durable material. Won't crack in cold as easily and has phenominal wear characteristics.
- The canvas micarta has fibres which help grip the skin of the user, ensuring a good grip is maintained in oily/greasy/bloody situations.
- Texture cuts (rope cut, raptor, quilt, etc.) all help improve the gripping service.
There are others out there who use it, but AFAIK, Busse is one of the only to use it as their primary handle material.
Hope this helps.
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Walking Man said:
LOL...wasn't exactly serious
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lol... i was just about to say that.
i didnt like the way that post came out.. so i deleted it
i didnt like the way that post came out.. so i deleted it
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the micarta that busse combat uses is normal micarta that can be found anywhere else in the knife industry. they have used paper, linen, and canvas micarta. normally they use canvas as it is the harder use/most durable of the 3.
they fasten the handles to the tang by flaring out tubes under high pressure, wich is somewhat unique, but not unheard of in the knife industry. and on the new fusion handles, the two different texture patters on one handle is unique, something i havent really seen before. however, im pretty sure anyone could do it if they set out to. most companies do not use such an extensive textureing pattern as busse combat.
the only thing that is "one of a kind" with busse combat is the steel and their heat treatment protocols. otherwise everything is materials you can buy yourself.
that being said, they use the best materials possible for hard use, such as micarta.
from a materials stand point, its kind of hard to buy a knife for being "unique" since materials are so common and generally available to any knife maker who wants them. you could use metioritic iron or black pearl for your handle slabs, and things like that, but for "hard use" knives, theres really a fairly limitied number of materials that are worth using. most "tactical" hard use knives will use one of the common high allow steels, ats, bg42, s30v, d2 and the likes, or high carbon steels like 52100. handle slabs are most commonly iether micarta, aluminum, g10 or carbon fiber.
a lot of knives have the draw of being unique because of style or geometry, but those are easily copied or worked over enough that they are similar but different enough to not get easily sued for it.
busse combat is one of the only companies out there that actually has a proprietary material used in their knives wich is infi steel. busse combat does extensive testing of all of their designs, and all of their materials, from what ive seen destroying at least 20 knives per design to make sure that it is without major flaw. because of this you get 2 things, a heat treating protocol that maximizes the ability of their proprietary steel, and the knowledge that if there was a better material available, busse would probably switch to it.
they fasten the handles to the tang by flaring out tubes under high pressure, wich is somewhat unique, but not unheard of in the knife industry. and on the new fusion handles, the two different texture patters on one handle is unique, something i havent really seen before. however, im pretty sure anyone could do it if they set out to. most companies do not use such an extensive textureing pattern as busse combat.
the only thing that is "one of a kind" with busse combat is the steel and their heat treatment protocols. otherwise everything is materials you can buy yourself.
that being said, they use the best materials possible for hard use, such as micarta.
from a materials stand point, its kind of hard to buy a knife for being "unique" since materials are so common and generally available to any knife maker who wants them. you could use metioritic iron or black pearl for your handle slabs, and things like that, but for "hard use" knives, theres really a fairly limitied number of materials that are worth using. most "tactical" hard use knives will use one of the common high allow steels, ats, bg42, s30v, d2 and the likes, or high carbon steels like 52100. handle slabs are most commonly iether micarta, aluminum, g10 or carbon fiber.
a lot of knives have the draw of being unique because of style or geometry, but those are easily copied or worked over enough that they are similar but different enough to not get easily sued for it.
busse combat is one of the only companies out there that actually has a proprietary material used in their knives wich is infi steel. busse combat does extensive testing of all of their designs, and all of their materials, from what ive seen destroying at least 20 knives per design to make sure that it is without major flaw. because of this you get 2 things, a heat treating protocol that maximizes the ability of their proprietary steel, and the knowledge that if there was a better material available, busse would probably switch to it.
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Actually, if I'm not mistaken, Busse has an exclusive contract for the purchase of SnakeSkin Nucarta.SethMurdoc said:
Nobody else can get it.
Maybe the tiger micarta as well.
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thats bs! i have tons of it, all in my safe 
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you can make it though. unless it uses a different chemical then normal micarta, or a fabric that is excedingly rare and hard to get ahold of, its not something that's impossible to get ahold of.
ala fibermascus, who has a large inventory of different patterns and styles and colors. it would not be unheard of for them to do a similar pattern. im sure they wouldnt, but you see my point( i assume).
ala fibermascus, who has a large inventory of different patterns and styles and colors. it would not be unheard of for them to do a similar pattern. im sure they wouldnt, but you see my point( i assume).