You have got to be F-ing kidding me !!!!!!!!!!

[Hog Butcher]

I think the people who are getting their panties in a wad over this need to find something better to do.

There is nothing wrong or illegal with that.

WoW? it just goes to show you, some people will never get it???:thumbdn:

Big Hoss! AKA-'Hog Butcher"

 

[Tyrkon Lawson]

I think the people who are getting their panties in a wad over this need to find something better to do.

There is nothing wrong or illegal with that.

Um... Yeah! sure. Honestly, it's as stated earlier. We are just a protective bunch here. Even more so for the long time HOGS. This isn't the first time so it automatically rubs people the wrong way.

Speaking of things rubbing the wrong way the only thing I see that bothers me here is the thong talk. The bad dreams will come!

Dave: If I can make it to your gathering the 30th please tell me there will not be an AK throwing contest whilst wearing thongs. Especially if they are KAAK's. :barf:

 

[Tyrkon Lawson]

Thong of the future. COMBAT THONG.

 

[David Brown]

Come to the party I won't bite.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Hard !!!!

Ya baby ya.

 

[Andros]

I wonder how useful of information can be just the presentation of a drawing of any knife. Anyone can understand that there is more to a knife than just its drawing. The composition of INFI for example, has been mentioned here in the Bladeforums however, this doesn't mean that this can harm Busse as a company.

As long as this action doesn't harm either Busse or, any other company / maker I don't see any harm if this guy just wants to post those drawings. Now, the story would take a totally different turn if such an action would harm anyone's intellectual rights. Does anybody see something that I miss here?

 

[pmsayre153]

With the high price that Busse quality and durability commands, there will be people coming out of the woodwork to try to cash in on the unwary. Perhaps this should be taken as a heads up that knock-offs may start to appear. Knives that will fail under LIGHT use. I suspect that a Czech or Chinese 'Busse' would be as worthwhile as a Nigerian e-mail scam. No one's ever heard of a fake ROLEX ? Deal with people or companies that you know and trust. BE EVER VIGILANT. Pete

 

[steelnut]

Selling a knock off of a knife that is not made of as good of materials will give a brand a bad name for poor quality if it is not known that it is a knock off..

Something like this was just on the news.
It just Happened to a local company in Ohio. Their Sump Pump was copied in China and sold all over Europe. The copy was a POS and got such a bad rep that it shut down European sales of the real product....:grumpy:

 

[Andros]

steelnut

I see your point. There may be people who will think of "saving" money by buying the knock-offs. But in case someone knows that they are buying a knock-off why would they complain about the original ? What does the original company have to do with the fraudulent actions of such people? That wouldn't make any sense! Does anyone want to complain about a certain product? Then buy the product and if it fails to meet its intended purpose, go ahead and complain. Do you choose to buy a me-too product? This means that the parent company and its ORIGINAL products have nothing to do with your experiences, period! At least this is how I see it.

 

[Cutshaw]

Come to the party I won't bite.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Hard !!!!

Ya baby ya.

Don't believe it! This man is dangerous!


There was waaaayy too much bromance going on at the Extended Stay at Blade.

Dave is always okay in my book (watch where you stand, let him walk in front) but always OK.

You see something that seems like it could be out of line, Dave - by all means bring it up. The only person who can decide if it really is a problem is Jerry. I'm guessing that site wasn't made with any nefarious intentions *but* I suppose it could always be an aid to someone else. Not my call - it's Jerry's.

A thought. While this guy may have every one of these blades in house, I figured it was a 18-20 year old kid who is just starting out in CAD. He pulls an outline from any freely available "for sale" pic and, extrapolating the given blade length from hilt to tip, is able to reasonably approximate the other dimensions. Just as the blade length measurements, as stated by manufacturers' ads, are never spot on, these drawings are probably not "spot on." If you tried to make a blade from those dimensions and compared it to the original it would probably be a different scale and feature ratios would be wrong.

My take was there is nothing particularly high tech about those drawings or dimensions - anyone with a passing familiarity with a CAD program from O-Depot could make the same thing based on a photograph and a given blade length. As poor as the quality is of the typical Chinese knockoff, surely they have someone in their factories that can easily produce do the same drawing in moments given a pic and blade length.

Either way, posting drawings and other trademarked features, instead of pics of "this is my knife!" could, I guess, still be a violation of a trademark/copyright law. Ultimately, Jerry's call.


(BTW - If Dave has a roll of barbed wire, RUN FAST! )

 

[papathud]

The Basic Appearance, Looks like Swamp Rats are imported?

Common Steel, uncommon Heat treat.

Just a possibility?

 

[Cobalt]

The Basic Appearance, Looks like Swamp Rats are imported?

Common Steel, uncommon Heat treat.

Just a possibility?

what? you think the guy is possibly importing swamp rats? Maybe, who knows.

Not so common steel either if my understanding is correct as it is not 52100 but close. It has more chromium content. But maybe I misunderstood your comment.

 

[papathud]

Not to be Miss-understood.

The possibility Exists that the Company linked above, saying that they produce the knives, may actually do just that.

That the knives may be produced not in the US but may be imported here from a Manufacturer producing by agreement with the Busse Combat knife company.

Just an Idea, or possibility

 

[Ken44]

Not to be Miss-understood.

The possibility Exists that the Company linked above, saying that they produce the knives, may actually do just that.

That the knives may be produced not in the US but may be imported here from a Manufacturer producing by agreement with the Busse Combat knife company.

Just an Idea, or possibility

I'm pretty sure Swaprats are good ole USA

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

That pakistani copy of the Swamp Rat site has been discussed before, and IIRC it was done by a lazy student as a class project or something. Hopefully they got an F.