Something happened to my computer; we had thunderstorms last night, I guess that must have affected me. Anyway, using a bootable WinXP CD, and a hard-drive scan/repair later, I got it running again, so I can post about Knob Creek.

Whether or not Renee was mistaken about any never before seen Scrap Yard color combos, but both Jeff (Rainwalker) and I were on the leading edge of the wave, and we didn't see new offerings. As a matter of fact, all the AKs were gone and a vendor was checking out with the last 6 Dog Fathers when we walked up -- I don't want to start an argument about it, but its no longer a rumor to me that stuff gets sold early, whether to vendors during table setup or the night before at the motel, it happens. Still, I came away with a good haul:
1) The lone Arctic White/hand-shaped black G10 FSH leftover from the VetDayGanza
2) A Bama Clay/hand-shaped tan Micarta NMSFNO (one of 3)
3) An Olive/pumpkin G10 SAR5 -- I have other SAR5s, but not in that color.
4) The last set of tigerhide Micarta 1911 grips -- I don't have a .45 for them yet, but one of these days...
5) Two BDLEs (#s 47 and 48)
6) Two SoD LEs (#s 33 and 209) -- After I checked out, I asked if they were a show special because the LE price was the same as the CGs; it turned out that they were mis-marked, the remaining LEs got re-priced.

The field where they parked us was soft when I arrived, and a mud hole by the time I left -- I had to be dragged out of the mud by a tractor. I (think that I) took some pictures of the Busse tables -- I'll install the Cannon camera software and try get them off and onto PhotoBucket to post.

Nice thanks for the update. can hardly wait for pics

well sounds like everything is gone. Well i guess that saves my wallet a little bit. more for the S5 i guess.

Thanks for the report Jim! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Things do go quick at the Creek....were there any MOAB's on the table when you got there Jim? If so...how much were they? What was the price of the combat ones?

They didn't have any CG MOABs; I suppose because they're custom shop vs production, they were all satin and the ones I looked at were $2197. They were not nearly as unwieldy as I expected, but I thought NMFBMs were pricey and those MOABs are 4X as expensive. Here are some on the table:


And you can see the ends of more in the long boxes under the table:

nice, more, more ,more...:)

Here are the Scrap Yards:


and Swamp Rats:

As you can see from the Mini Mojo, there were some interesting camo patterns; here are a couple pics of ASHs:


I remembered that heavy ASH (.312 inch thick) in Bama Clay from last Fall, then it was item 4D in the VetDayGanzaaa, now it's back on the table; won't somebody give it a home?

That is a very cool looking SFNO at the top of your picture. Sabre ground with a harpoon tip. you gotta like that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Here's one that shows a Bama Clay NMSFNO like I bought:


FBMs and a fighter variant.


I think Drew said that the fighter in this picture is based on a FSH


An overview of the "big stuff" table.

I'm not doing the best job in the world of organizing these, so I'll just say here are some more:




Garth said that the mosaic-pin, bone handled, mirror-polished bowie started out as an ASH blank. I saw that "White Snake" HR and thought Jeff Forbush would like it; he couldn't make it to the show today, perhaps it'll still be there tomorrow. EDIT: I searched the Busse Combat sub-forum and found Jeff's post from last Fall (Knob Creek Fall 08 Score) -- he already has a "White Snake" HR; I remembered that he bought a couple in that color scheme, but couldn't recall which ones.












Drew said that the gray-handled knife on the right started out as a small silent knight, but was ground down to be even smaller -- I liked its clean lines.