Who makes the Busse micarta and G-10?

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Alex p. Schorsc

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Some of the micarta and G-10 patterns on the Busse slabs are definately taking synthetic handle design to new heights. I have always thought that the Green/Black, Blue/Black and Tan/Black G-10's resemble sophisticated English tweeds, especially with the fancy machining. The SAR4-LE slabs have an incredible intricate multi-colored pattern that has reached a perfection here-to-fore unseen in Micarta production ANYWHERE. It sems that the person or persons who manufactured these specific LE slabs has reached a level of control in the design that makes the slabs one of the most important design features of the knife itself. Congratulations to whoever it is. I was wondering - Who makes the Micarta and G-10 for Busse. Whoever it is should be recognized as a really a top notch artist/artesan. This person deserves a heart-felt THANK YOU from the Busse community.
 
Absofrigginlutely !!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup::thumbup:,,,,,,, I think all the handle slabs are wayyyyyyyyyy cool,,,, From my old school blades to the new ones.
 
I would like to see more Sage/Tan or ghost g-10 options:

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I would bet that the micarta and G-10 come from different sources and Busse Combat machines them in-house with original patterns. The machined scales are the bomb! The hand shaped are nice but it's what everyone else does too.
 
Huge +1.

The first thing I noticed on my HG55 (my first and only Busse) was the top quality handle slabs, oddly enough.
 
The original snakeskin/nucarta is a thing of beauty.

Now that it is gone, as a Busse enthusiast, I feel a loss.

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Back to the original question... who makes Busse's layered phenolics? Is it made in-house? I would assume so since every batch looks different (think of all the different colors and patterns of black canvas micarta they have offered) and if they were buying it from a single vendor I am guessing the look would be consistent.
 
Matteo Escobar said:
The original snakeskin/nucarta is a thing of beauty.

Now that it is gone, as a Busse enthusiast, I feel a loss.

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Wow that is a blast from the past. :eek:

Awesome set up.
 
I've been wondering for a while where their G10 and micarta comes from because I can't find any of their more unique ones anywhere. The closest I came was some black and tan g10 with two consecutive layers of each color to make the color layers thicker. I've never seen that sage/tan combo before! That looks sweet! I love the SAR4 SE handles, too!
 
Those little elves that make the handles are incredible, whoever they may be :thumbup: Think about it...Have you ever seen an ugly handle on a Busse knife?
 
Nobody has answered the question yet. I myself, doubt if they make the slabs in house, but they might very well do the machining at Busse which I believe is one of the major reason that their slabs look so great. Yeah that snakeskin is out of this world. They've been producing awesome slabs for quite some time, I would say.
 
I seriously doubt that Jerry would willingly give out the source information for his handle material. Some of it he may order custom-made, some of it he may get from well-known sources that everyone else uses. Exactly who makes the custom stuff, only the folks at Busse know.

Maybe the janitor is whipping up a new batch of tigerhide right now, in the closet!
 
The look that they get comes a lot from how it is machined. I would imagine the trick to it looking so good is having consistent layers so when they are machined it pops with the right amount of each color. Change the thickness of layers or the order of the colors in the pieces and you could get a really different look. Not taking away from the folks that make it in anyway. Either way it looks great.
 
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