Different price positioning:

Busse Combat sits between production and custom with unusual designs and more expensive handles. Lots of limited runs which is a bit of an oxymoron. Tons of collectors buy and sell blades. Personally I don't like them very much, I find their designs over the top and the last run with the grooves is just plain ugly.

Busse Combat is generally known for tons of features like scull crushers, thick stock, overlong knives, grooves, weird serrations, camo, etc., that are not needed in the outdoors at all; with the occasionall gem like the Warden. But I'm a minority with a conservative taste in knives, Busse has a huge following of very dedicated fans and if you buy one you can usually re-sell it at a profit. And least we forget, they claim to have found the holy grail of metals, of course its a secret. Great marketing.

Swamp: used to be the entry level line taking from the Busse Taliwhacker and the legendary Basics. They brought out some great and original knives, also had limited runs. In a sense Busse with less of the marketing cloud, their designs tended to be more conservative as well. I think the only strange design they ever brought out was the crash rat, an axe with a straight and unergonomic handle? Regrettably they have been asleep for the last 12 months with only 2 knives (HC and Mandu). Pity, in my view they used to have the best knives in the Busse group. Yes, I'm a Swamp fan and I'm p****d at their lack of production.

Yard: well, they took over the most original part of the Swamp: ResC. While having a few hicups (quality anyone) they brought out a range of nice knives. While some are clones of previous Swamp designs they have been updating their range with some very nice and original offers. One can critisise their fetish for overthick metal stock, in most cases the thiner blades work a lot better (e.g. Mutt LE). Currently the most interesting segment of the Busse group. Also by far the best forum.