This is a custom piece Mr. Siegle made for me a while back. It's about as massive a chopper as you're going to find. The blade is about 14" .25" thick differentially heat treated 5160. Handle is about 15" inches long and the blade is 3" WIDE at it's widest point (just before the tip sweep). Black one piece G10 handle scales and kydex sheath. It is an axe, spear, sword, knife, lance, halberd, prybar, hammer, boat paddle, and shovel all in one. Make a great survival tool. Skull crusher pommel is parallel to tip and it's actually got a good balance. The curve of the handle gives this thing amazing chopping ability. Just like an axe. But it is linear tip to top so it's still good for thrusting as well. It's handle geometry is semi-oval like an Axe handle. VERY comfortable. I remember Mr. Siegle saying he liked how the handle turned out so much he was gonna use the same geometry in some of his other knives. It's more graceful than it looks, but it's not for someone with limited upper body strength.
I am by no means in a hurry to lose this thing. But I have shrunk my collection of large blades down to a minimum and am looking to really just get down to one or two good blades in the sword department. That being said I'm looking for a short sword. Something two handed with a 15 to 24 inch single edged blade. Main interests are as follow...
1. Busse AK47
2. Busse American Kensei (Original)
3. Busse Ruck Kensei
4. Swamp Rat Rucki with sheath + something else
5. 2 Swamp Rat Ruckis with Sheaths. (don't have to match but preferred)
6. 1 Swamp Rat Rucki with sheath + Something else
7. Will of course entertain Busse Knives as well. Especially if you have a TGMO, NO-E, and others in the 5 to 8 inch range. And of Course Badgers... I love Badgers LOL.
I am by no means in a hurry to lose this thing. But I have shrunk my collection of large blades down to a minimum and am looking to really just get down to one or two good blades in the sword department. That being said I'm looking for a short sword. Something two handed with a 15 to 24 inch single edged blade. Main interests are as follow...
1. Busse AK47
2. Busse American Kensei (Original)
3. Busse Ruck Kensei
4. Swamp Rat Rucki with sheath + something else
5. 2 Swamp Rat Ruckis with Sheaths. (don't have to match but preferred)
6. 1 Swamp Rat Rucki with sheath + Something else
7. Will of course entertain Busse Knives as well. Especially if you have a TGMO, NO-E, and others in the 5 to 8 inch range. And of Course Badgers... I love Badgers LOL.
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