I know with the proliferation of posts on the B/F Busse about the SFNO being the ideal "one knife" it has almost become fashionable to joke about this knife...but as far as jokes go...it is only those who have'nt had the chance to use one who are probably unimpressed.
Ironically I managed to get a HOG LE version on the secondary market without being a "HOG" at the same reduced price they were offered to HOG's thanks to the kind gesture of Steelnut who offered to sell a spare. I have been giving it a bit of a go and am really impressed.
I managed to get this one with a sheath from Steelnut and one of his ferro rod accessories...the sheath works great and does'nt scratch the satin finish at all. However like most Busse's the spine has a slight rounded blending into the side of the blade and whilst it may appear to be asthetically an improvement for me I much prefer the sharp flat to flat grind I have on my DFLE. So I thought I would take the spine down slightly on this one in the area just after the upper thumb groove.
Did so by using the flat spinning grind wheel and followed it up by a fair bit of hand rubbing with wet and dry paper using a wooden block to blend the grind marks back into the Satin finish. This part of the spine now has a good sharp edge and can really make the most of the piggy back ferro rod and this knife now does all manner of field tasks like a charm. Certainly heavy enough to have some proper chopping ability I like the fact that of the knives in this category this is perhaps one of the lightest and nicest to carry.
No wonder this is the choice of many who are looking to carry just one knife.