In case anyone else is entering the acronym contest maybe these might help ya out~

knife designations

AD - Active Duty
AB - Aftershock Bolo (a run of recurved battle mistress's)
NARK – nuclear air rescue knife
AS - Assault Shaker
BA - Badger Attack
B3 (BB3) – Basic 3 (busse basic 3)
B4 (BB4) – Basic 4 (busse basic 4) (european release only) (aka euro 4)
B5 (BB5) – Basic 5 (busse basic 5)
B6 (BB6) – Basic 6 (busse basic 6) (european release only) (aka euro 6) (like a basic version of the caretaker)
B7 (BB7) – Basic 7 (busse basic 7)
B9 (BB9) - Basic 9 (busse basic 9)
BM - Battle Mistress
CR – combat recruit (the smaller version of the police recruit)
CT – care taker (european release only) - a clip point e handled knife, roughly the size of a NO
C4 (BC4) – combat 4 (busse basic combat 4) (european release only), essentially a 4" satin jack blade, with the smaller 3rd gen style choil. (similar to the tanker a)
FILET KNIVES - some of the older micartad knives jerry made, were brought up when a large purchase was made of older rare busse's, several sets of filet knives being included. came in 4,5, and 6" lengths
FO - force one
GM - Groove Master
GW – Game Warden (prototype e-handled knife), as well as a newer version in 2006 wich featured a handle similar to the active duty.
HR - Hell Razor - production version of the "grooved fighter" seen at blade '03
KB – killer bee. aka 4” pure bred fighter that is factory wrapped in yellow and black. also came unwrapped.
MS - Mean Street (old model)
MRS - meaner street (new model)
MR. MOJO - steel heart sized blade (e handled), recurved with a blade catch on the upper riccaso.
NO - Natural Outlaw
PBS - pork belly skinner
PD - Public Defender
PH – pauls hatchet
PR - Police Recruit (larger version of the combat recruit)
4” PBF – 4” Pure Bred Fighter (AKA killer bee)
6” PBF – 6” Pure Bred Fighter
8” PBF – 8” Pure Bred Fighter
SJ - Satin Jack
SHARK
SH - Stealth Hawk (the mp45 (non metal) serrated knife)
SH - Steel Heart
SH1 – birds beak steal heart, ealiest edition
SH2 – steal heart - a longer version with the classic straight handled style pommel
SK - skeleton key
TB - tank buster
UF - Urgent Fury
WB - war boar (production comrambit)


Variant/one off knife/special or limited run designations

3 FINGER - an older busse design, similar to the mean street, but smaller.
82ND AIRBORNE - earlier busse, oval handle, saber ground, fals upper swedge, a kind of bottle opener style choil
AA – Argonne assault. 10th anniversarry = shorter blade, 20th = longer blade. "magnum" = battle mistress sized argonne assault blade. california legal version was with the knuckle dusters ground off.
APACHE THROWER - throwing knives made for andy prisco. they were 5160 instead of infi (or a2)
APPRENTICE KNIFE – made by people working under the busse apprentice program, most/all were sans talon hole.
AXE
BA – bad apple
B&T – Bird and trout knife
BLUE GRASS BOWIE – a bueatiful gfd bowie made from an e-handled knife
BOOT KNIFE BLANKS - a set of dagger shaped boot knife blanks made of d2 steel, offered to the public unheat treated and unground.
COMRAMBIT - the initial custom order that preceded the war boars production design
DAGGER - a 1983-1986 blade that was made from jerry's brothers design
DH – defiance hill – stag handled d2 blade bowie, made early in jerry’s knife making career
DROP POINT HUNTER BLADES - 3" blade with 5160 steel. sold to the public ground, coated and heat treated. they were originally used as apprentice training blanks in the 1980s
DWMS – Desert Warfare Mean Street – smooth coat, reddish-brown micarta. .220 normally. Some in 9/32.
EDC Blades - prototypes made from 3rd gen handled knives. the pomel was ground off around the last tube fastener, creating a much shorter handle.
FIB – flinted Indian blade, heavily gun blued 0-1 blades made by jerry early on
FT - flying tiger, looks like a modified flying mojo, with the recurve ground out of the back end of the blade, the flying serrations closer together, and a lot of handle variance.
GREEN HORNET - killer bee w/ jungle green powder coat.
HT - holy terror. was a serrated d-gaurd attachment meant for the original straight handled steel hearts. also came with a seperate handle so it could be used by itself.
HOG INDUCTION KNIFE - any knife that is used during the "hog induction ceremony". may be specifically refering to the 2006 blade induction knife, wich was a straight handle steel heart with a large step style spine, similar to the saw back battle mistress. used a custom gold powder coat.
HOOD KNIFE – a straight handled battle mistress variant designed by ron hood
IA – internal affair (a clip point bme variant)
INBRED FIGHTER - a 7.5" (bladed) purebred fighter, with a striped jungle camo.
JUNGLE JACKET - a killer bee with striped jungle camo
JUNGLE RECURVE - a euro 4 with striped jungle camo and recurved blade.
Kl - Knight Light
LIL' UGLY - from what ive seen, its an ealier version of the mean street
LMS - leaner street (leaner meaner street = LMRS) a thinner variation of the mean street
Mean Street Beater - a "fatty" mean street prototype that had a deep dish hollow grind set at about 3/4" of the heighth of the blade.
MODEL T STREET - a variation on the meaner street, at .200 thickness, and only offered in black.
MR MOFO – a saber ground version of the mr. mojo
MR. MEFO - exact same knife as the mr. mofo, only with the leters "mefo" instead of "mofo" lazer etched onto it. a rare etching mistake.
MIGHT BOHEMOTH – probably the coolest knife name ever (besides apocalypse 2 :rolleseyes: ), a recurved e-handled custom.
MOAB – mother of all bowies
MUTANT MOJO – a gfd mojo
NICK – nuclear infi culinary knife
NIP - Nuclear Ice Pick
NUKE HEARTS – steel heart variants that featured a sharpened top edge (hollow ground)
OD - Off Duty – a 3/8 variation of the active duty
PA - pink apple – variation of a variation, using pink died bone handles
PD – birch knob polar drop, early smooth micarta smooth bolt busse. a “nuclear payload” knife, it was buried in 1989 for later retreaval
PILOT MASTER - a groove master with a swedge top, and a (mostly except tip) serrated blade, meant for downed plane/helicopter extraction.
PS - Pepper Shaker (swedged assault shaker variant)
RESCUE JACK - a 3rd gen handled satin jack with spotted jungle camo used by jerry to cut open a crash victims car to makes sure they were okay.
RED CROSS VARIANT - SHBM base, recurved main edge with flying style serrations at back of curve, swedge top with second edge covery forward half of blade, swedge containing flying style serrations as well. finger grooved handle and skull crusher pommel.
RUGER BOWIES – a style of bowies from the early days (preproduction) of jerry busse’s knife making career
SKUNK SLAYER - an ergo battle mistress with a horrizontal blake and white stripe camo (running the length of the blade). it seeminly helped to hide the profile of the blade very well.
TRICKSTER MOJO – a mr. mojo variant
VWF – vasco wear fighter. A ruger bowie made in vasco wear steel.


military overun knife designations

ARK - Air Rescue Knife (or ar - air rescue)
AT1 – arctic team 1, a clip point bme with white coating, and forward seat belt cutter style serrations.
NUCLEAR BARF - Nuclear Busse Assault Ring Fighter. came in 3 sizes, and a california variant.
B.A.R.F - Busse Assault Ring Fighter - fighter-style offered with forward finger ring for retention/positional maintenance. Offered in 3 sizes, as well as 3 ringless
BOLO INSPIRED BATTLE BLADE - a variation on the ergo steel heart, with eu handles and a scallop taken out of the spine near the handle to create a more weight forward design.
BS - buffalo soldier
DSF – desert storm fighter
EU17 - extraction unit 17. these knives were offered in regular, magnum and mini sizes. they were made from e-series blades, specifically the bm, sh, and iether no or ba (yet to be released to the public)
JD - jungle defender. a public defender variant that had a hollow ground flat main grind section, with a regular flat ground forward grind section.
JACK HAMMER - satin jack tac that used the heavy corregated bevel technology. only sold in combination with the les baer custom grip pistols.
LU – lil’ ugly
SOUL1 – and unknown blade that had very strict regulations on public purchase.
ST-56 - a variation of (i think) a SF natural outlaw, with a spine that curves down to meet the point, giving the appearence of a "persian fighter". came in 6 and 7" blade lengths
SOUL2 - same situation as the soul1, sold in 2 thickness' - .190” & .265” (hogsoul2)
TALIWHACKER – only busse knife to use sr101
TANKER A – a longer version of the combat 4, came with serrated or pe (plain edge) options. (at least one of wich had raptor patern slabs).
TM – terror monkey – a isreali special unit specializing in rapelling, these knives had a special coating, and 2 handle variations, one eu-17 style, and another that thinned out the index finger area, and the curve going towards the butt. They were made from zero tolerance blade blanks, in bm, sh, and no sizes. they were given with the option of new style serrations, or plain edge.
UD - urban defender. same as jungle defender, but with urban camo coating.

handle designations (and features)

3RD GEN (generation) - used on the satin jack and others of its time. 3rd gen = (1) straight handles, (2) ergo handles, (3) 3rd gen, (4) fusion/tac/sf. having no specified designation from busse, these get called by various names.
BB - birds beak (handle designation, specifically the butt)
E - ergo (handle designation)
EDC - every day carry (handle used for active duty)
EU - extraction unit. meaning a handle similar to those used on the eu17 series of knives.
F - fusion (meant to be a handle designation, but often misused to designate the new line of knives)
FACTORY WRAPPED – used on the pure bred fighter series, it was a Japanese style wrap, normally used in the busse colors of black and yellow.
FLYING – seat belt cutter style serrations on the top and bottom of the knife, near the tip. Also used intermitedly to describe handle modifications (wich vary)
MAGNUM - a thicker then normal handle variation used on the new line. also used to describe a larger or longer version of other knives, such as the magnum eu17
QUILTED PATTERN - a set of raised diamonds, like a file with aposing teeth (diagnal roes in both directions). most notably used on the e series of handle slabs.
RAPTOR PATTERN - a wavy set of grooves most notably used on the edc (active duty) handles
ROPE PATTERN - used on 3rd gen handles
SF - special forces (handle designation)
SH – straight handled
SLOTTED - a type of handle fastener essentially a flat head screwdriver bolt, used between smooth and tube periods
SMOOTH BOLT- a type of fastener that had a smoothe head, used on the earlier knives, before production years started
SMOOTH MICARTA – designates a lack of machining on the micarta slabs, meaning they are smooth rather then rope pattern or raptor patterned.
TAC (T) - tactical (handle desination)
TUBE - the current handle fastener that is essentially a tube of metal that is flared out at the ends under extremely high pressure, creating holes through the handle that can be used to tie things to the handle, or create d-gaurds etc.

handle materials
CANVAS MICARTA – a layered material made of canvas and phenolic resin roughest and strongest of the 3 micarta’s used by busse
CORD WRAPED - olive drab paracord - used on the lil ugly, and a few others.
(alternate meaning) - black cloth that is wrapped around the handle in the japanese sword style.
G10 - made from laminated glass cloth (fiberglass cloth) and epoxy resin.
HARD ANODIZED ALUMINUM HANDLES - just as it reads, aluminum that is hardened and electrically anodized to take on specific surface colors. used on the ak47.
LINEN MICARTA - a layered material made of linen and phenolic resin
MP45 - a plastic that is no longer in production, used in the stealth hawk, occasionally used in customs
PAPER MICARTA - a layered material made of paper and phenolic resin. Smoothest and weakest of the 3 micarta’s used by busse combat
SHEAP HORN - used in customs offered occasionally on the boards (and probably for custom orders in general)
RAM HORN - used on a pub defender variant offered in an extravaganzaa in 2006