I have seen a little info about the m9cg. was it only sold at blade or will it be available?
thank you for the help.

I sure hope it will! I'd love to snag up a CG M9! The LE price was a little steep for me and besides, I find I'm more likely to use CG knives because they're not all pretty and shiny! They do still look good though!

It was sold at both blade and knob creek as far as I know. I love my M9LE but the combat grade felt very similar in hand, and would take less work to keep in good shape, since satin SR101 rusts so easily.

If they offer color choices, and a certain color is available, I'll be all over it. If they don't, I'll hang onto my LE.

MM, are you allowed to post up pics of your M9LE, or is it one of those super double secret releases

Nope, M9LE is completely fair game. It was a swamp rat company store release....

Boy, i wouldnt mind gettin my mits on one of those!

Both grades of the M9 are SWEET!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I still love those pics. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Very cool. thanks for posting those pics up!

i hope so. I need a Orange/Black g10 to match my Waki.

does any one have a rat mastiff to verify which is larger?
thanks for the info guys.

Check with Andy - I believe that he still has one! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The Rat Mastiff's blade is 1/2" longer, overall only 1/4" longer than the M9LE (15.25" versus 15.00").

archaeo

thanks for the detail. my biggest busse is the battle rat. the nmfbm and ffbm were to heavy to use a lot. I could use them like my khuks but the lighter blades are just more useful, like the battle rat or rd9.

so the m9 is about right for me...

The M9 is really sweet!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I wasn't wowed by the m9 when i first saw it, or should say wow'd enough to go more broke, but it's a knife I wish I had in my collection.

that is the key. is it worth being broke? I have sold my most expensive knives to pay for other hobbies and bills. a rat mastiff or something larger is what I would be interested in. more sr101 in battle mistress size blades.

The M9 was a knife I wasnt intrested in until I saw user pics. Then I had to have one and I do. And I love it. Now I want a CG.

I'm happy with my RatMastiff instead. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I'm looking forward to any combat grade chopper being released. Hopefully it will be a ScrapYard offering. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crossfingers.gif" alt="" />

I'd love to have a big Rat chopper! The Battle Mistress is a grail knife to me, and with the prices continually rising, it may always be a grail knife out of my reach!

Thats a beaut. Andy,wanna trade for my sak classic?HAHA. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />Thanks for another great pic. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Yeah, I see what your saying. I have the DFCG and DFLE, so I've pretty much got Busse kin choppers covered. I'd just like a full tang micart/g10 handled one. I remember back in the day, about 13 years ago when I discovered Busse Combat. I think the Battle Mistress and INFI were new to the knife industry. I still have the old magazine that I saw a review in. Even back then in the mid 90's the Battle Mistress was $300. Too much for me then, and at over $400 now, too much for me now! With the elaborate handle designs and what seems to be a growing blade size, I don't think the Battle Mistress will ever be in the cards for me. That's why I hope that a CG M9 is released in the Swamp Store. I probably have a knife or two I'd be willing to give up to help fund one of those!

Yeah, the M9CG addressed the only weakness of the M9LE, by giving it a beefier tip. The saber grind honestly didn't seem to change the feel of the knife in hand all that much, so I could take it or leave it.

Give me a coated full flat ground M9, with the M9CG's tip, and I'd be all over it. I just like full flat better than saber.