Congrats brother. Never had any busse in my collection but wish I did. Use it in good health:thumbup:
You still rocking that custom folder?
Yessir, always. This sucker has character in spades now. Dings, scrapes, scratches, scuffs, just well broken in.
My best advice is: stay the hell away from Busse knives. Seriously. Not that they are bad, not at all. Your first will make you crave more, and more, and more.
I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt, etc. and you know that. I'm telling you, Busse knives are addictive. They are one of the few brands that's just got under my skin so to speak.
The first one I got was a Basic 9. A long defunct website had it for sale for $100. I jumped on it. Came with a butter knife blunt rounded off tip. I called and spoke to the man himself. Sent it back and he reground it perfect. No hassles, no bs, just made it right.
When I got it back I used it. Jerry told me to beat the hell out of it and see just what it would take, so I did. I chopped, I batonned (before it was even called batonning if you can believe it, lol), I fit the tip into my floor jack and used it as a jack handle, and I even cut an old refrigerator I found out in the boonies to ribbons with it, just to see if I could.
One time I was digging a fencepost out of the ground with it and was chopping at the base. I was wondering why not much was happening. I took a look and it was countersunk. I had literally been chopping and digging into concrete for ten minutes. I looked at the edge and had a couple of minor rolls
from CHOPPING full force on concrete for ten minutes. From that moment on I was sold. It's not hype. It's not bs. Busse knives are the truth.
Take your wallet and run far, far away... Or just stick to collecting folders. The less monkeys you have on your back, the better.
