when I get a busse I'm going to beat the SNOT out of it

A druid

A druid

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I've been thinking about this for a while, one way or another, by contest ,trade, or even god for bid out and out buying one. I am going to beat the living crap Out of it. I need to know what the guys are telling the truth. it bugs me immensely, there fairly expensive knives the one I want an active-duty with the snakeskin micarta handle would probably run me about $250 or more. which is about twice what I am as a general rule willing to pay for knife. But I'm just so curious, as to how one will handle out and out over the top abuse. I'm sure you'll all say with flying colors, but I need to know my own eyes and hands. I need to chop my way through cinderblock with one and shave in the morning without touching up the blade. Need need need sorry for the rant but I'm just, very frustrated and very curious. Kind of kidding kind of exaggerating but only kind of.

anyone else know how I feel? grrrr
 
im not sure i understand all of your post, but the ad w/snakeskin will actually run you over 400.00.

chopping a cinder block and still shaving sharp? not likely. i cant imagine any knife living up to those expectations.

you probably wont lose any metal, ie chipping, but i wouldnt expect the edge to still be very sharp. the edge will roll instead of chip, so is fairly easy to repair.

i honestly dont understand why you would be frustrated or bugged about anything we talk about here.
 
I'm sorry I am dyslexic, and use a voice input program which sometimes makes my posts a little bit odd. I will reread my original post for inconsistencies. I'm not offended or irritated or disbelieving. I know a lot of the value of Busse knives is due to a very high standard of quality and control attention to detail and finishes. But still you can buy a very nice custom knife fixed blade around here for the $250 minimum that Busse starts at. I don't honestly expect to be able to do anything like I said in still have an edge resembling....... well have much been edge all. I respect you guys more my favorite areas to visit besides a spyderco forum, and Pirates Cove, spyderco pretty much been my homebase brand.

However I can't deny that there is something in me that wants to take a busse apart in a figurative sense, and see what makes it tick, see what it will really take.

I'm sorry if my original thread seemed overly aggressive, and to be taken as a little bit of the satire, but also possibly. as a reflection of the way Busse is are viewed. they are an elite class of knives. with a steel said to be tougher than anything else the knife industry is currently producing. Also from my perspective I see a lot of them traded back and forth in pristine condition. Not all of them some of them are used, properly and to their full potential. Maybe I'm just in a strange mood but there is no knife currently on the market that I would rather thoroughly put through its paces in a Busse. can take that for what it's worth, I mean no offense.
 
A run of Active Duties will be coming out soon and you will probably be able to score one for less then $250 on the exchange. It wont be snakeskin.
 
AD's aren't meant for chopping. They're EDC's. I can't imagine you could get much done to a cinder block with a short blade like that. I'd suggest a ball-peen hammer for you cinder block destroying needs. :D

Jerry's the only guy I know who takes these to cynder blocks, but he also doesn't pay $450 for them either. The AD is a totally awesom blade, I agree. :thumbup:

There's a bunch of Muddy versions that are about to hit the street from the EDC Ganzaa in March. Check em out: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=461464&highlight=Muddy+Active+Duty
 
I'm sorry I am dyslexic, and use a voice input program which sometimes makes my posts a little bit odd. I will reread my original post for inconsistencies. I'm not offended or irritated or disbelieving. I know a lot of the value of Busse knives is due to a very high standard of quality and control attention to detail and finishes. But still you can buy a very nice custom knife fixed blade around here for the $250 minimum that Busse starts at. I don't honestly expect to be able to do anything like I said in still have an edge resembling....... well have much been edge all. I respect you guys more my favorite areas to visit besides a spyderco forum, and Pirates Cove, spyderco pretty much been my homebase brand.

However I can't deny that there is something in me that wants to take a busse apart in a figurative sense, and see what makes it tick, see what it will really take.
 
Damn the Man said:
AD's aren't meant for chopping. They're EDC's. I can't imagine you could get much done to a cinder block with a short blade like that. I'd suggest a ball-peen hammer for you cinder block destroying needs. :D

Jerry's the only guy I know who takes these to cynder blocks, but he also doesn't pay $450 for them either. The AD is a totally awesom blade, I agree. :thumbup:

There's a bunch of Muddy versions that are about to hit the street from the EDC Ganzaa in March. Check em out: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=461464&highlight=Muddy+Active+Duty
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honestly If I had an active-duty I would probably cherish it for its aesthetic appeal, actually probably use it far beneath its tolerances, as I live in an urban environment. which does not lend itself to heavy use type tasks. But I still wonder, and I can dream of throwing myself a brick wall with a hell raiser in coming to the other side in style.
 
gimmejr said:
A run of Active Duties will be coming out soon and you will probably be able to score one for less then $250 on the exchange. It wont be snakeskin.
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I'll keep my eyes open, what kind of handles will they be.

I feel like a little kid who just had a temper tantrum.... oh well I had to say
 
ok, makes a little more sense to me now.

i can say this, ive chopped some pretty odd stuff. metal picture frame, brick, lots of wood of varying hardness. i actually shot my fbm with a .22lr, though i wouldnt recommend that.

ive thrown them, they have hit concrete, each other, and other knives.

ive never owned any knife that could take what i have done to busses. ive never had one chip, though nearly every one has at least one roll on the edge. i have usually been able to repair the edges to satisfy myself. i have only recently had to send two in. a game warden and a badger that had to much roll for me to fix.

it is not only the steel that keeps me coming back.

the warranty is second to none, the company and employees are a pleasure to talk to and deal with, the variety of knives available, the ganzas, the bcs and skunk (and mrs. skunk!), and most of all the bf members.

i have and still do own many customs and knives from different makers. fujisaka, lightfoot, dozier, emerson, benchmade, ontario, etc.

the only thing that can replace a busse, for me, is another busse.
 
A druid said:
I'll keep my eyes open, what kind of handles will they be.

I feel like a little kid who just had a temper tantrum.... oh well I had to say
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the miliganza ad's will have either sage blade/blk micarta scales, or muddy brown blade/tan micarta scales. iirc.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
ok, makes a little more sense to me now.

i can say this, ive chopped some pretty odd stuff. metal picture frame, brick, lots of wood of varying hardness. i actually shot my fbm with a .22lr, though i wouldnt recommend that.

ive thrown them, they have hit concrete, each other, and other knives.

ive never owned any knife that could take what i have done to busses. ive never had one chip, though nearly every one has at least one roll on the edge. i have usually been able to repair the edges to satisfy myself. i have only recently had to send two in. a game warden and a badger that had to much roll for me to fix.

it is not only the steel that keeps me coming back.

the warranty is second to none, the company and employees are a pleasure to talk to and deal with, the variety of knives available, the ganzas, the bcs and skunk (and mrs. skunk!), and most of all the bf members.

i have and still do own many customs and knives from different makers. fujisaka, lightfoot, dozier, emerson, benchmade, ontario, etc.

the only thing that can replace a busse, for me, is another busse.
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MORIMOTOM pretty much just nailed that one on the head... everything he has mentioned is true :thumbup:

The steel
The performance
The staff
The service
The warranty
The range of blades

just not paralleled by any other maker that I've ever seen or heard of...
 
I'm pretty sure cliffs done the cinderblock/concrete thing with busses too. Go ahead and beat the crap out of your knife when you get it, replicate all the crazy stuff they've done promoting these knives and take some pics. I wish I had the nerve to do the same! :D
 
Have all those ADs and Mean Streets been sold yet? That thread was from back in March.
 
A druid, you will not be displeased with any Busse selection being able to stand up to most anything you can give it under normal to even some extreme use conditions.

Mnay of us have found them to do everything we want, and still not be done in givin it up performance-wise.

Please refrain from profanities in the Busse forum.
 
Druid.......if you want a Blade for under 250 ...the Sus Scrofa for 200 right now. If you want a chopper for under 250, there are always deals on Swamp Rats in the exchange....while not Infi steel, you get EVERYTHING else....and the steel is second only to Infi.....performance, customer service, warranty, variety, and so on and so for. You cannot overlook ScrapYard either......price to performance ratio is outstanding! And you get everything but Infi also!

www.scrapyardknives.com
https://www.shop.ratknives.com/splashPage.hg
http://www.swampratknifeworks.com
 
A druid,

As a Spyderfan and Busse-enthusiast, the Sus Scrofa's hawkbill shape should be a natural for you! The first step in your INFI-addiction - fear it! :p

INFI is designed to be very tough at a high hardness and easily resharpen*. Unless the steel is very fatigued, it will roll, dent, or tear instead of chip. Being a physical entity, it still follows the laws of physics and will still require elbow grease when cutting through your car or stabbing through a brick wall. If you can't do that with lesser steels, you won't be able to do it with INFI. If you can do that with lesser steels (only to have them shatter or otherwise fail), you'll be able to do it with INFI only your knife will be less dinged.

S7 and SR-77 are tougher than INFI and offered in knives which often cost less, but INFI is more of a total package of toughness, wear-resistance, corrosion resistance, and overall ease of care. If you see a toughness difference between S7 and INFI in use, you're more often than not seeing a difference in edge-thickness. My thicker-edged S7 bowie knife cuts deeper in mild steel with less damage than my Muddy FBM, but both needed belt-sander loving and the FBM outcuts it in materials knives normally cut. Incidentally, my not-tough-at-all hacksaw cuts mild steel much better with less damage but falls further behind when used as a knife.

Try the Mini Sus-Scrofa (and fear it!) and see if it starts a ruinous addiction to INFI (I mean glorious affinity, not ruinous addiction :o ) and if it's what you want, that's awesome. If it's not what you want, your curiosity has been satisfied and you have a knife to sell for more Spydies.

*= INFI will strop from bone dull to hair-popping very quickly, but when thinning or regrinding the edge, it feels unpleasantly gummy on coarse hones. Don't know what that's about, but it takes a polished edge so well that it's worth any weirdness during the rare regrind. If you use a belt sander instead of a coarse hone, it's all good from soup-to-nuts.
 
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