1.)
swamp rat is what got me started.my first busse kin was a howling rat. i hate the fact nothing is coming outta the pipeline
You took the very thought out of my beer soaked brain.
2.) My feelings were that when Jerry decided to drop the 'Basic' line Eric stepped in with the SRKW as sort of the 'B' grade Busse line. SY came in as the 'bargain basement' brand with yet another exceptional steel strengthened by Jerry's knowledge of heat treat magic. Getting rid of Swamp Rat doesn't make any sense to me because there are distinct markets for all three price levels of Busse products. It seemed to me that the Yard brought in a crowd that was just shy of nabbing a Swamp product and the Yard's price point put one within reach. All three brands are still upper end production knife products from my point of view and none would take the place of either of the remainder of the Busse family line. To me Busse was your Sunday-go-to-meeting knife, Swamp Rat your work knife and Scrap Yard came along to become your Knock-around knife for the rest of the time. I hope the Swamp comes back with some more SR-101 goodness but I sure don't understand there marketing tactics at this point. Ah. heck with it, Let's go chop the crap out of somethin'!!
