Busse Bushwhacker Mistress passaround

[Major Kong]

I'm going to start a passaround for my user Busse BWM. I'll send the knife and a kydex sheath with a Tec-Lok to the first person on the list. The rules are as follows:

1) Post here that you want in.

2) Have at least 150 posts at TGO.

3) Use the knife. Chop wood. Baton wood. Make fire sticks. Use it to cut your steak. Have fun.

4) After you have used the knife- package it and mail it (Priority Mail insured for $500) to the next person on the list. Keep the knife for no more than one week. Current user and next user info will be maintained here.

5) Post a review of your experience with the knife. Pictures are expected and appreciated.

I'm going to limit this to 10 people as I do use my knife and would like to have it back before winter time. Last recipient will ship the knife back to me.

Knife is currently slightly more "used" than the picture shows but is still shaving sharp.

1. Metalhead

2. Broomhead

3. MacGyver

4. LumberJack

5. gjohnsoniv

6. willis68

Edited August 2, 2012 by Major Kong

[Metalhead]

First!

[Guest Broomhead]

Second.

[MacGyver]

Dang it! I need to spend money making my ESEEs jealous like I need a hole in my head.

But, shoot. Who can pass that up.

[Lumber_Jack]

Uhhhh... I'm in

[gjohnsoniv]

I'd be interested.

[willis68]

Great idea Fred!

[willis68]

I will take the last spot Fred

[Major Kong]

Sounds great guys. I'll leave this open for another 24 hours and if we don't have 10 by then I'll close it.

Daniel, if you can PM me your shipping info I'll try to get this out to you on Friday.

[Jonnin]

I don't want the knife but this the thread title made me want to see the movie.

[Guest Broomhead]

BTW, Thank you Major Kong, for this chance to check out a great knife.

[DevJames]

ha, this is silly. I'm gonna keep tabs on this just to see where it ends up. I expect a lot of pics from all taking part!

[Major Kong]

Okay, I'll go ahead and close this for signups. I've got Daniel's info and will get the knife out to him on Friday. Thanks everyone!

[Guest darth_jbell]

Awesome topic, Fred! You boys be careful not to chop off digits!

[Major Kong]

Okay folks, the knife is in the mail to Daniel. He she is as she goes out the door. Have fun...

Current status:

Knife shipped to Daniel on 6 August-

Edited August 12, 2012 by Major Kong

[Major Kong]

To those involved in the passaround, please let me know when you receive the knife and when you have shipped it on to the next person. I'll track the knife's progress in this thread.

Thanks.

[Guest Broomhead]

I had a little bit of fun with Major Kong's Busse last night. I hacked up a ~2" diameter root that ha surfaced at my MIL's house. I cut an 18" piece off then used that to do some batoning. Then, I sharpened the end of the stick like I used to love to do as a kid. Here are a few pictures.

After all that, it still shaved my arm hair. I'm not done yet. I have some more fun in mind.

Edited August 22, 2012 by Broomhead

[Major Kong]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Keep beating her, she can take it!

[MacGyver]

Had her waiting on me when I got home this afternoon. Looking forward to putting her through the paces!

[Kevo]

Very cool guys! I'll be following this thread to see how much abuse that fine blade can take. Great pics.

[Lumber_Jack]

well I have to say that if your life is in the balance having a Busse Bushwacker Mistress could make the difference. I am generally not super impressed with knives, I appreciate a good knife but never could see the value in buying a high end one. Well the Busse has changed may mind. This thing is awesome. It truely is a machete hatchet, and knife all in one durable heavy duty package. I use a machete at work to do certain tasks, and they work well, but are often to thin in the blade, and not very well balanced. so when chopping small trees or scraping bark of a tree you can get a lot of bounce and ricochet that can cause arm fatigue and just be unpleasant. The Busse has a heavy thick blade that makes chopping efficient, yet is amazingly well balanced so it doesn't feel like your swinging a board.

I chopped down a 4" red maple, took about 5-10min

I scraped the bark of a tree, which can be used to blaze a trail. This can be a difficult task as some trees have tough bark, but the Busse had no issues

I baton split a piece of fire wood. It was dried, but red oak. Took about 30 secs to a min, to split clean through. Felt very sturdy when striking the blade

and then to top it all off it still has an edge sharp enough to slice a thin piece of homemade bread

all in all this knife is just bad ass, end of story. The only negative I have is the grip is just a little thin, and caused some fatigue in my hand when chopping. I have dry skin, and the scales were tough to hold onto, so this may have lead to the fatigue. This would be remedied with a few wraps of athletic tape or similar, if lots of chopping were to be required.

Fred, thanks for sharing, on to the next.

Edited October 3, 2012 by Lumber_Jack

[Lumber_Jack]

bump for review above

[Major Kong]

Awesome review Neil. Glad you abused her. Thanks!!

[willis68]

Busse knives, like a lot of other high end brands are something that people just will not appreciate until they get the chance to handle them.

Very nice review Lumber Jack!

[Lumber_Jack]

Passed on to #9