BOB- Bug-Out-Bag <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

that is my point, I agree with you but the camp tramp is not S7 it is 52-100 and the point behind my statement was that 52-100, 5160, S7, A8 or A9(Infi I forget) and 3V are all top notch steels and the fact that S7 has a higher lateral strength than 52-100 really doesn't mean much because 52-100 is strong enough for what we would put it thru. One more thing, this is not in anyway a knock on Dan's knives, I love the blades and the price to performance is unmatched, this is just a reference to the constant talk about lateral strength and the need for it.

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Your an officer and a gentleman and you have to set a good example for your men after all, so yep you should buy one..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I think every serious knife user and collector should own a few knives in INFI. It is the ultimate combat knife steel. There are those who will settle for nothing less, but I am not one of them. But then I am not Rambo. Honestly, 1095, 5160, SR77, 52-100 and a few others if properly heat treated and ground serve me well. Being a big chopper lover, I just had to have the FBM and FFBM. I have a couple of ASH-1s, too. And the Sarsquatch is a great medium size chopper. Those SFNOs look good, too, but I don't really need one. The DFLE and SOD LE will do anything I could want a big knife to do, and at a reasonable price. After seeing the final DF test pics, I'm not worried at all that I might break either one of them.

I will say this, it really sucks now that I have crossed that line, I got my first Busse last year, the ASH1 and was thrilled with it and glad I finally had a piece of INFI. The one Busse blade I always wanted was the Mistress so when Jerry released the NMFBM and I got the wife's consent to buy that I jumped. Next came the NMSFNO and I figured I would round out my collection with it, that way almost all sizes were covered, then came the BATAC. Then I decided to try out Fehrman's knives, love them too but they are also high dollar blades. I guess what I am saying is my wallet is hurting bad now, I really need to get off this expensive knife kick and back down to reality before I find myself homeless.... (at least with all the knives I have I should be able to build myslelf one hell of a house in the woods <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think busse still has some skinny ash models available at the company store..

I would be in a lot better shape if SwampRat would get on the ball. The Scrapyard knives fill a nitch, the SwampRat line fills a nitch and since they are dead right now I am using the Busse line to satisfy that. I am really hoping their next release is something I can pass on <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I miss the Swamp offerings, too. All they have had for some time the HCLE, and I have one of those. I don't know what is going on, but I hope the mid-priced rats continue. I still haven't heard any more about the proposed Rodent line.