You think of the old timers when you think of family knife makers. Buck, Case, Schrade, and others. For years that is how I grew up too. Not our children!
There's a new wind in town. A wind of change so bold and daring it has shaken the blade industry to its very core.I speak of the new First Family in steel...
BUSSE.
Just seeing the name in print makes the reader stop browsing and focus in to see what news could be attached to the name Busse this time. The Busse family has ground the wheels of the old school makers off at the hubs. Their designs and craftsmanship are 100% custom on every knife they turn out.
Each from the smallest to the AK series are in my eyes perfect in all aspects. The symmetry and character they have is bold and fresh. They have breathed new life into the stagnant world of knife making. The revolutionary introduction of INFI is nothing short of genius. Paring the steel of choice with graceful designs have made Busse knives not only stand out from the rest, but set a benchmark for the others to shoot for.
Just when they thought all they had to worry about was Jerry Busse,the [censored] really hit the fan. Seems his family wanted more for the industry as well. Enter Swamp Rat Knife Works. Sending the blade world screaming at board rooms across the nation. How do we stop them? What can we do to compete?
Sniveling attempts were made. Bringing high dollar blade designers in to pump new life into their dying knife line only made me wonder when THEY would stop!
Taking nothing away from the highest paid knife designers, but when it is mass produced even with their design, it just looks like another Frost wonder knife to me. Almost laughable.
Fast forward to 2006 and the day of reckoning comes yet again as Dan and Patti Busse kick down the doors of the old school makers yet again and announce "It's Busse time again!
With the inception of Scrap Yard Knife Company another slap in the face of the establishment comes yet again.Scrap Yards fresh and innovative use of SR-77 with their own proprietary fusion process make it one of the premier steels to be dealt with in quite some time. Shaking and shivering the old schoolers must retire back to their board rooms and dimly lit design rooms to see what they can possibly come up with to stop the Busse Juggernaut.
My advise to them is do nothing. Stop wasting your money on high paid big name designers and do something about your quality, your steels and above all your customer satisfaction. The Busse Family owns you all right now and you know it's true. They fight to keep up with orders and you all struggle to sell your $30.00 knives at Wal Mart. God Bless the Busse Family for turning the knife world around and starting the entire industry down a better path.
This is my .02 cents!

Peace.