REK'd Busses & Kin /Josh Appreciation Thread

razor-edge-knives said:
You guys are too kind haha :D I can't believe I get my own appreciation thread lol! It is truly an honor.

yeah for a full satin finish the scales have to be removed.

Man... Check this out. I just clipped this point on a sarsquatch the other day and zero ground it, I'm really liking how it turned out! As was pointed out above I had to thin this one down by about .020" to remove all the pitting underneath but it turned out beautiful imho.

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Holy smokes! This pic is cruel and unusual torture. I'm mulling over sending you my Infinidu. Can't decide if I'd rather have that or a hollow ground thinning (?). Beauty sir. :thumbsup:
 
Petey, st, and Ghandi (and any others I just now missed!), thank you for posting up your REK specials. (An extra wow to you and yours, Ghandi!)

As the OP, this is just what I was hoping to have happen. Purty pics and good info!

Keep 'em coming! Josh needs a "catalogue." And we need a "Custom Shop!"
 
Josh, thank you for posting that fantastic pic of that fantastic 'Squatch here! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

As the OP, I am hereby soliciting your pics of WIPs or recently completed projects to be posted here. No limit!

I have noticed that things are a tad bit dead on the forum these days aside from new releases, and I know the enthusiasm your work generates, so please post those beautiful pics here for us to enjoy! A weekly (at a minimum) "featured knife" would be cool! :cool::thumbsup: That will also attract attention and spur others to post their own REK pics, or so I would think.

(Note: Josh had nothing to do with the creation of this appreciation thread - well, aside from inspiring it with his fantastic work on my ASHBM! - and I have received nothing in return for my gushing enthusiasm and fan-boy thread creation :).)
 
Got to thinking . . .

Perhaps my enthusiasm got the best of me? I do not want to step on Busse Combat's toes. After all, this IS Jerry's sub-forum. So I hope I have not overstepped and created anything awkward for anyone.

The way I saw it, and see it, is that this is good work on Jerry & Co.'s fantastic knives that we all know and love, and over which we so famously salivate! Enthusiasm for, and appreciation of, Josh's work on Jerry's legendary knives is all-good for Busse (or so I saw it).

So this is a BUSSE/Kin appreciation thread first and foremost.

Anyhow, someone from the shop, or a mod, please let me know if I have overstepped here.

NO REGRETS!
 
Well, I have not heard anything as of yet, so I am guessing all is well and I am not banned! (. . . yet) :):thumbsup:

So, please party on (hoping for more - I know there’s lots out there!).
 
Stump Buster said:
Considering the custom shop is closed, I'd imagine as long as this thread stayed focused on tricked out Kin blades, it'll be safe from being trampled by the Boss Hog.
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Thanks for that perspective, Stump Buster. That was and is my original and current intent. Though I know Josh does other work, and even has some sole authorship pieces, I figured that everyone assumed that is what this was all about = cool mod'd/sharpened Busse/Kin. I know Josh gets it!
 
ohiojerry said:
Beautiful work. Has me sort of wishing I hadn't sold off most of my Busses and looking over the few I have left to see if any of them could use a make over. I wonder what could be done to my Mountain Mandu?
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ohiojerry, funny you mention the MountainManDu. I was thinking about throwing out there whether anyone has had any REK work done on one. That is my other favorite big Busse/kin (along with the ASHBM) and the only other big one that I toy with the idea of acquiring despite not needing it for anything that my ASHBM cannot do pretty well (or so I imagine).

It is so very clean aesthetically. A big knife distilled to its essence. Reminds me of some of the early 19th c. "Bowie knife" ancestors. (this is kinda what I was going for in mod'ing my ASHBM)

People might think me crazy, but I think I would love to have one thinned just a bit more (just under .20) and hollow ground - slice, slice, slice!!! Josh's finish would look so stunning on that big, wide clean blade!

Might have to have it clipped and a bit of back edge added?!
 
ohiojerry said:
Beautiful work. Has me sort of wishing I hadn't sold off most of my Busses and looking over the few I have left to see if any of them could use a make over. I wonder what could be done to my Mountain Mandu?
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So I first started sending Josh my blades after he did some work on a MMD for a forums user named "Worldwood". I'll try and find the link. It was all posted over on the The Swamp rat sub-forum. I was nervous sending my blade in but was %100 pleased with the work and have been sending them to Josh ever ever since

edit: heres the thread "My Mountain Mandu journey"
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/the-mountainmandu-journey.1280429/
 
MattinLA, many thanks for the post and the link! Truly great thread on the MMD - both fun and super informative. Did you ever get a MMD done like her?

You know, it would be just fantastic if you would post pics of your own REK'd Busse/Kins! How many have you had done and what type of work? Sounds like you are certainly "in the know!"
 
Kenneth F Huls said:
MattinLA, many thanks for the post and the link! Truly great thread on the MMD - both fun and super informative. Did you ever get a MMD done like her?

You know, it would be just fantastic if you would post pics of your own REK'd Busse/Kins! How many have you had done and what type of work? Sounds like you are certainly "in the know!"
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I have had Josh REK every blade but a MMD!

So I just found out maybe two days ago that REK has its own sub-forum.
I'm gonna get a new camera, hopefully before Christmas, and then I'll start posting pics on his forum.
His work is SICK!
My DSF and Sykco Dog Skinner are E-V-I-L
 
That sounds great. Yes, he has one, but I don't think it is as busy. So figured we could use some Busse/Kin-focused REK love here!

Very cool to support his sub-forum, but maybe you could still throw a couple our way (I bet that'll be good for his sub-forum traffic, too!)? Starting with those sick blades - your DSF and the Sykco Dog Skinner! :thumbsup:

Sounds like you are a fortunate man, but hey, you made it happen! Good on ya'!
 
Here's the thread I made about the knife in my sig.

I've said it before but it bears repeating that it's my favorite knife.

I also have some other stuff that I bought 2nd hand after it was already REK'd, and it's all awesome. I am waiting on a new iPhone with a better camera, and then I'll plan to take some nice new pics.

I really need to save up and send some things Josh's way. I have so many ideas for mods and regrinds I want him to do. That and having Chad Pirtle make me some new sheaths are my major knife-related goals for 2020.
 
Apocryphiliac said:
Here's the thread I made about the knife in my sig.

I've said it before but it bears repeating that it's my favorite knife.

I also have some other stuff that I bought 2nd hand after it was already REK'd, and it's all awesome. I am waiting on a new iPhone with a better camera, and then I'll plan to take some nice new pics.

I really need to save up and send some things Josh's way. I have so many ideas for mods and regrinds I want him to do. That and having Chad Pirtle make me some new sheaths are my major knife-related goals for 2020.
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Thanks for the awesome link! Fantastic knife! Can’t wait for those pics, too. Care to share any of those plans?
 
Looks like this thread got moved - I was concerned about it causing any issues with the busse team. At least I'll feel more free to post work here now :)
 
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