The BAD RATTITUDE Is Coming Sunday, July 10, 2022 At 9:00 pm Eastern

[Jerry Busse]

This ONE-TIME-ONLY run, is Coming Sunday, July 10, 2022 at 9:00pm Eastern on all three Busse Knife Group websites: Busse Combat, Swamp Rat, and Scrap Yard.

The Bad Rattitude is the first Lab Rat out of the gate. With nearly the same specs as the legendary RatManDu this model is made from American 50100B ball bearing steel made by Sharon Steel.

This knife features a stonewashed .180" thick Urgent Fury style blade with a black canvas micarta handle and a generous choil that allows for choking up when doing fine work.

Coming in at 59-61 Rc for both toughness and excellent edge-holding, this 5 1/2" blade weighs in at only 8.6 ounces! It has a balance point directly over the index finger, making it a very fast and effective fighter, day-hiker, or camp knife.

Let's Drink!

Jerry

Specs:
Overall Length: Approx. 10.1 inches.
Blade Steel: American Made 50100B
Hardness: 59-61 Rc
Blade Length: Approx. 5 1/2"
Blade Thickness: Approx .180"
Bevel: Flat Saber
Blade Finish: Stonewashed
Handles: Black Canvas Micarta
Weight: 8.6 Ounces

Price:
$138.95

 

[lmcq784]

I can already tell I’m gonna really like this one.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

very nice.

 

[RedWolf4]

Think I'll pick one up, I really like the shape. And I'm curious about the steel. And now I have some shop credit so I can justify the purchase.

 

[David Lennon]

Yeah, I think I like this plus I'm curious about this steel.

 

[Bob Denman]

9:00 pm? I'm there!

 

[unwisefool]

I really like the looks of this except for the huge choil

 

[joeldworkin307]

I still wanna call it a Cro-VanDu

 

[JACKMANDU]

I really like the looks of this except for the huge choil

I agree. Seems like the only reason you would need to choke up on it, is because of the giant choil.

 

[Muscoe]

Bad Rattitude Excellent!

 

[xxwarderxx]

This model looks really nice.

Jerry Busse
How does the 50100B compare to the SR101 regarding edge holding, toughness, corrosion resistance, etc?

 

[ShinobiDaiku]

Such great looking blade. cant say so much for the chosen name

 

[David Brown]

who is the tiny hand model you have in these pictures ?

Can we get some pics in a "full size" hand please

 

[Chingon1988]

I'll be honest, I have a Pretty Bad Rattitude sometimes. I guess now I'll always have one. ^-^

 

[Bob Denman]

I really like the looks of this except for the huge choil

gives you lots of elbow room for sharpening...

 

[unwisefool]

gives you lots of elbow room for sharpening...

I don't need elbow room, I need to not have things get caught on a choil

 

[Bob Denman]

Keep a Leatherman handy for clearing the clutter...

 

[t1mpani]

If you’re curious about the steel, you need only look to Becker knives from the Camillus era, Cold Steel knives with the old “Carbon V”, Marble’s “Malachite” and a quite few others. It’s a really old alloy that’s had a lot of names…and an excellent one in general for knives. Now, lest any of you think that means this is less-neat, keep in mind that alloy is the first half, heat treat is the next. I remember the torture pics of the original Swamp Rat D2 line; I had NEVER seen D2 take that kind of deformation without basically shattering, but it was still hard and held an edge like D2 is supposed to. Very interesting to see what new dish they’ve cooked up out in Ohio.
Edited to fix a very stupid spelling mistake.

 

[Private Klink]

Looks like a winner to me.

 

[RedWolf4]

Since it's being run at a (slightly) higher hardness, and a new steel, will it still be covered fully under warranty for hard use tasks like batoning for example?