Is that the only color/handle option?

There have been three color combos to date - Blade West had The DCBB/black canvas like the one I have, Knob Creek had that one plus the Satin / black paper, and Easton had both. Those two were both protos and probably won't be offered directly. They were also only supposed to be sold to inducted HOGs


The one available directly from Busse is CG - black on black.




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Welcome to the board Mr. WTF

other than it being my first busse i can't justify picking it up. s5le covers that size knife

So then the cutting length should be about 4 inches, maybe less. thats too bad....

Anyway, I plan to do a full review of my Boss Street as soon as I get it and use it. (BTW, does anyone know how much one of these would sell for after a few months? Or when they are out of production? It seems like Busses seem to appreciate in value over time).

Some things I will try to cover:

Edge retention, corrosion resistance, toughness, wear resistance, and how those things affect its edge retention (like corrosion can actually deform and pit the edge, not just affect the finish, and wear resistance makes sharpening more dificult and hardness actually helps corrosion resistance, also, if the steel INFI (I have never used it before) has "clean steel properties [like even carbide distribution to prevent microscopic fault lines (veins) made of carbon that can potentially snap the blade in half", but the only way to test for clean steel is very hard use and edge examination under a microscope. I wonder if INFI behaves like a powder steel. I will also try to present the review from a bushcraft type point of view. Also, edge and blade geometry has a big impact on edge retention, so I will try to explain how it does in that aspect. It seems everyone hates the thickness, but with a full flat grind I predict it will do just fine as a good slicer.

I have a question. Does anyone know where there are some life sized pics of the Boss Street???

Looking forward to your review on the knife.

Great looking knife and the size is a perfect EDC or bushcraft knife.

$227 doesn't sound like a bad price but add for shipping and a sheath and you are still talking about $280 give or take.

For $280 I want the knife to be basically spot on in terms of thickness and weight and all that. The Scrapper 5 is a great knife at half the price.

The scrapper 5 is a BETTER knife at half the price, for people who actually use knives.

Welcome Mr.

i'm buying one

I really dont want that exact knife but it seems like you have to buy what you can get

If you look at the Tanker A and the price increase that this knife had due to being a popular size and pleasant design... the BOSS STREET could increase a lot in value... but if the other variants were released as seen at the shows...the double cut version and the satin version... then allowing for the black on black combat grade as well... these knives might actually serve to reduce the value of the Tanker A and potentially similar designs like the SHSJ with a longer blade...

I saw a Tanker A LE come on the exchange very quickly after the show where they were released and the price was very high...about $900... I doubt many felt like spending that if the BOSS STREET was available for a third of the cost.

Personally I like the S5LE as a small working knife in Infi...if I got a satin BOSS STREET I might invest in the kit needed to remove the handles and taper the spine and then make my own replacement grips...that would serve to make the knife a little more neutral balanced which for me is a preference. Small knives which are too handle heavy feel like they want to slide out of the back of your hand when held vertical for work like skinning deer which are suspended on meat hooks... as an example the BATAC LE I had was very much like this...the BOSS STREET will be less so but will still feel a little similar...it would be a much less important aspect if the knife were thinner as the weight would reduce... a .170 BOSS STREET and you could go with a straight tang no problem. At .220 I would prefer a tapered tang...I got rid of a SAR4 LE because of the handle heavy aspect and it was .220...it was better than the BATAC LE at .25 but not by a lot.