Why the "mini choil"?

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mikemck

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Why is there a lillipution sized mini choil at the start of the blades? This is driving me crazy when I'm trying to use the full length of the blade for cutting. Especially on my new Basic #3...it hangs up continually. I'm just thinking, if I have to stick a bear or some such creature, this will be bad news.
Seriously, this is the only drawback I have found so far. Is there any way I can reasonably fill this in? Or maybe send it in to have it "sloped" to the the edge, so it won't hang up as easily?
 
Ease of resharpenening. It allows you to sharpen up to the back of the edge. This was done as a long term consideration. After ten or twenty years of resharpening you will still have a straight cutting edge. Remember that as long as you're still drawing breath, your Busse Knife is guaranteed. Of course, by then, the knife might have become more valuable than a 401K plan. ;)

We can angle the corner of the edge where it meets the choil to eliminate any hanging-up difficulties, but you will be giving up about 3/8 inch of edge.

The charge for this would be approx. $135.00. .. .. ;)

Just kidding! We would of course do it for free and resharpen it at the same time. Just send $6.95 to cover return S&H.

Hope this helps,

Jerry Busse
 
Jerry,

Thanks much for that info. It makes good sense to me now, but I might go ahead and send a few in for the free modification.
 
Originally posted by Jerry Busse
Remember that as long as you're still drawing breath, your Busse Knife is guaranteed.
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Yeah, sure ... here we go again; yet another manufacturer pullin' some cute move to alter, modify, restrict and otherwise condition a warranty!:mad:

So, let's just say, for a moment that I was scuba diving, ran out of air and became entangled, all at the same time. Am I to understand that during this time of dire need I am without the warranty that was previously available to me?:confused:

Let's then assume for a moment that I'm at 20,000 feet MSL, at night and looking to punch though the overcast deck below and HALO infiltrate for a ... ah ... social visit. Now, at that altitude, it's cold, and there is not so much O2 in the air so I'm holding my breath. While holding my breath, waiting to "drop in" on someone, am I to understand that I am, again, sans warranty?:confused:

If, after surviving an encounter such as the above, I begin breathing again, does the warranty re-activate? If so, then I really don't have a big problem with any of this except that I will have to remember to never use any of my Busse knives while holding my breath.

:rolleyes:
 
It's better than it used to be. .. It used to read, "As long as you're not brain dead, your Busse warranty is in effect". . . and then it dawned on me that "I" wasn't covered by my own warranty. . . soooo, we changed it. ;)

The "holding your breath" clause has yet to be addressed, but now that you mention it I suppose that you deep sea diver types (You, Mike, Bob, Will, Frank, Homer, Steve, Marc, Linda, Ed, and others on these boards who dive) might only be covered for those final few frantic seconds when your breath rate increases dramatically because a Great White is poised to pop your head like a Pez Dispenser. . . . of course after that your warranty would again void out on the "drawing breath" clause.

So, remember to continue breathing whenever you're abusing your Busse or be prepared to face the consequences.

Yours in nuclear breath drawing,

Jerry Busse
 
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