Why Busse Combat?

Saw a review of the BM on Ron Hoods website, then saw it used in the videos.

After that, I read Cliff's excellent review.

Liked the handle, sheath, and reported corrosion resistance, so I decided to replace my trail master with one.

Got impatient waiting for the BM and got a Basic #3, complements the BM well.

Got a BA on order to fill the gap and for my survival vest (CONUS use).
 
I was getting increasingly into preparedness. I wanted one big "indestructible" knife. I try to take care of my tools, but in some situations, you may have to "push the envelope."

I read the Ron Hood article in ASG, saw the ad with the skeleton holding the SH, read what I could find about Busse, finally saw a couple knives at a preparedness expo.

I think the SHII will fill the bill.
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Now where's that @(*$*@!! Nuclear Tough Folder?!?
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The old ads with test comparisons between the BM and it's top competitor sparked my interest in Busse knives. Cold Steel knives were the first quility knives I bought and I thought they were top of the line. I had to have a knife that would outperform a Trailmaster by such a wide margin according to the test reported in the ad.
 
I first saw a couple of ads in magazines, then came across Ron Hood's reviews.

The main instigator, though, was Aubrey.

That's right. Aubrey!

After a series of great correspondence with him over the virtues of several different knives, I knew that my first kick-ass-take-no-names serious knife had to be a Busse.

Damn you, Aubrey, you have no idea what you started!
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BTW, how the hell are you and the family these days, my friend. Hope all is well on your side of the equator.
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Don LeHue

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
 
As soon as I heard about the Battle Mistress, through the wonderful forums here, I knew I had to have one. Pure sex appeal.

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A knife is by default a tool, it's only a weapon when a human chooses to make it so.

 
The article on the Steel Heart 2 in TK really sold me on Busse, but I have to give credit to Frank B. for truely giving me the opportunity to see them up close and personal. Now three knives later I can't get enough.
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The advertisements and articles in magazines and on the web convinced me to try a Busse Basic #5, one helluva knife one doesn't really hear that much about BTW. The combination of the #5's construction and performance, Cliff's review of the Battle Mistress against all comers, the nuclear bomb-proof guarantee, and Andy Prisco's customer service, have gradually pushed me across the threshhold from objective fan to fervent advocate. At present I have three Busse's and am waiting on another which was the result of trading around on the net. (Sorry, Andy--Just had to have an old model straight-handled BM before the price climbs out of sight, or I'd be buying from you.)

--Will
 
Cliff: For me it was the steel---the promise of a breakthrough in edge retention and durability, plus a properly-designed and properly-sharpened edge that came WITH the knife (i.e., I didn't have to supply it with my labor as an "after-market" addition!).

Once I started looking at the info and conversation about these knives on the web my expectations were heightened, but not quite beyond credulity. I'm usually wary of a personality cult, but the more I looked the more the focus seemed to be the knives themselves. Whenever Jerry stepped in on the dialogues it was to re-orientate it back on the knives.

As with others I was impressed by the reputations of Jerry and Andy, as well as Andy's responses to my e-mail inquiries.

I have yet to truly put one of these blades to the test, but so far the designs and execution seem first rate, and I've recommended Busse Knives to several other people.

Since you were the one who asked, Cliff, I must also add that your detailed reports and evaluations have been most helpful. I wish more professional knife evaluations followed your exhaustive approach.

I still await news of (1)the alloy formula and processing of INFI, and (2)the next-generation material that is to replace INFI.

Ken
 
For me it was Chris Janowski's article in a wilderness magazine in 1996 and after talking to him over the phone for over an hour about that steel heart he tested.
 
Noss going at that Scrapper 6.

Got me thinking; hey, I wouldn't mind owning that knife!
So far, the 711 is the closest I have come to the Scrapper 6.
But who know, someday I'll manage to get one, somehow.
 
Rasmus80 said:
Noss going at that Scrapper 6.

Got me thinking; hey, I wouldn't mind owning that knife!
So far, the 711 is the closest I have come to the Scrapper 6.
But who know, someday I'll manage to get one, somehow.
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Wow! Mine is this story exactly as well!! Including the 711 part!
 
Holy smokes 18+ years later.

Almost expected Lowlux to bring this up. But for me it was an eBay search that showed one of Bill Siegel’s original Hoodlums ( which he has declined to make for me for years!!!! ;) ) but I saw a Battle Rat and was hooked 2004-5 time frame.
 
Rasmus80 said:
Noss going at that Scrapper 6.

Got me thinking; hey, I wouldn't mind owning that knife!
So far, the 711 is the closest I have come to the Scrapper 6.
But who know, someday I'll manage to get one, somehow.
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They pop up all the time. You might get lucky
 
Like Rasmus, what was you "why" event that clunched it for busse ownership? I think that was the original intent of this thread.

Was it some knife review article, some video or some thread that clinched it for you?
 
What grabbed my attention onto the Busse Knife which expanded my view about knives in general beyond Kabar knives was when I somehow landed onto a picture of CGFBM and fell in love with it ever since. Sadly I saw the picture on the last day of CGFBM being offered and I didn't have any funds for it. Been wanting it ever since.
 
The general forums here did it to me, mostly. Busses have an almost mythical quality to them. They are also very controversial... Initially I was just lazy and thought they were expensive and hard to get, so I wrote the brand off as being impractical, overhyped, etc., because I didn't want to believe and shell out for them, (but darn did they look cool...) Then eventually I read some things that Mike Stewart said about Jerry and his knives, and at the time I was really into Bark Rivers. That got me to take another, closer, look. The rest was history!
 
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