SYKCO Alpha Regulator 9.5

Dogs

I do listen. I have created the Alpha Regulator with a longer 9.5" blade and I commandeered the INFI when the big hog wasn't looking

It has a full-height grind and sports the Resiprene C handle that has made the Regulators famous.

This will be your ONLY chance to get in on the OP2W special discount.

The "Alpha Regulator 9.5" will go "LIVE" tonight (July 10) on the Busse Combat Website
I am offer this in 3 blade finishes including Coated, BIG DC, and Hand Applied Satin Finish. (The BIG DC will have light machining marks.)

Specs for this Bad Dog are as follows:
Over All Length: Approx. 15"
Blade Length: Approx. 9 1/2"
Blade Width: Approx. 1.85"
Thickness: Approx. .312" (5/16)
Steel: INFI
Hardness: 58-60 Rc

Pricing:
Coated: $387.00 (OP2W Special Discount = $367.00 (You save $20.00)
BIG DC Finish: $417.00 (OP2W Special Discount = $387.00 (You save $30.00)
Hand Applied Satin Finish: $487.00 (OP2W Special Discount = $447.00 (You save $40.00)

Best of luck getting in on this monster

Dan

Wow that’s a lot of knife!!!!

That is one AWESOME knife!!!

You KNOW I'm going to get one!

Got er' done!

Congrats

Dan

I’m trying to decide if I can swing this with the baby on the way.

I am sure the knife wouldn't be to heavy for you to swing Mike. Besides it would help you build up your strength to hold the baby.

Get it, I made a joke. Swing the heavy knife, build your strength up... Oh never mind.

Back to the Catskills for you Randy.

As long as it's no where near where Deliverance was filmed!

No, that was down South.

Boy I was skeered there for a second. But I bet they got Banjo players up north too.

That's where many entertainers got their start, so maybe a banjo player or two got their start there as well.

Nah, the northerners all play the kazoo.

Good one D/T!

I wonder how many different versions of the regulator there were?

It must have been a very popular blade with all the different versions.

Like with guns and dollars…always one fewer than is needed

I think the Regulator was initially so popular because it was so darn cheap! 1/3 inch thick sharpened crowbar for just under $100 to get started. Then there was the reverse clip point one whose name escapes me…much like the blade escaped my hands (bull-nosed Regulator?). That one, my competition finish BWM, and the pumpkin G-10 R9 I sold back to the guy I bought it from for what it cost me because of a sob story only to see him sell it off for 2x the price the following week are the ones I regret. My War Dog I just miss But I digress…

I bought and sold probably half a dozen or more original-design Regulators, including a diff heat treated one (I think). I know that swooping clip point is catnip to some of the guys here (Dognip?), but it didn't push the right buttons for me. Too pointy to be a premier chopper. Too long to be a go-to hunting knife. Too thick to be a great slicer for camp. I also don't like pointy, upswept clip points. Different strokes, and all that.

I don't disparage it--it was one of the Yard's best sellers IIRC. Lots of love out there for it. Struck me as a jack-of-all-trades, but was a bit awkward to be an almost-master-of-any.

Probably an excellent fighting knife, which was its original designation, I believe. I like to hope my days in the octagon as a world champion knife fighter are behind me. I'll probably be wishing I still had a Regulator when some young punk recognizes me on the street from my days in the ring and wants to have a go of it...

Where are my meds?

Definitely sounds like you need them!

Always good to hear from you Josh!

Gotta check in now and then

Meds can be a good thing! I, like you am not in love with the Regulator. I have one, but it is one of the two knives gifted to me by another dog (the other was a Pumpkin handled black bladed BWM) Drool Dogs! I in turn gifted my original Regulator to a deserving dog that was going through hard times. SO even though I haven't fallin love with mine, I DO use it from time to time and won't be getting rid of it.

Oh and yeah it is nice hearing from you again.

I LOVE Regulators. I have a few and Tom sold me one that I will never sell.

I also have a Bulldog Regulator, which I actually like better than the standard Regulator. Of all the "sharpened pry-bars" I have, and if I needed an unbreakable blade I would pick the Bullreg. I am actually thinking of taking off the top "Guard" but not really sure I want to mutilate such a classic, limited hard to find blade.

You just LOVE to flaunt that BWM, dontcha Randy!

BULLDOG Regulator! That was out! Thanks Randy! That WAS a nice blade!

Now I could get behind a 9" INFI Bulldog Regulator!

And M9LE! Not R9! Boy, I was really off my meds!

Just sitting here talking to myself…

Medications will make you do that Josh, but then so will FRUIT ROLL UPS!

Patty and I were just talking about her dead sister today to a young pastor friend of ours.

Don't really know why the BullReg appeals to me so much, but it does. So much in fact that I had Rainwalker make me a custom leather sheath for it. Now THAT's a nice set up. Bullreg and Rainwalker. Oh and the sheath also has a loop for an Eze-Lap model M sharpener.

Oh and Josh, yeah I guess my Really nice black bladed Orange pumpkin handled Bushwhacker Mistress is OK too, even if it is a little gaudy.

I guess that orange BM would go well with fairy wings. :

My avatar is a Bullnose Regulator. I’ll have to change my hosting service because they put their logo right on the blade.

That's the one Ray. Randy, it appeals to you because it's awesome! I'd assume that Rainwalker set up is a thing of beauty. I've never seen anything he's made that wasn't a work of usable art

Fairy wings? Well, someone has to protect Santa

Haha, I seem to remember someone (can't remember who though) doing a few Christmas cards as part of the SPB (Santa Protection Bureau) and once at least as a "Guardian Angel". Even though folks called them Fairy wings. Everyone knows fairies don't exist, well maybe except in San Francisco.

We had a lot of fun making those Cards.

Yeah Jeff's work is first rate for sure! I would post up a picture of the sheath but flickr has changed how things are done and I can't figure out how to post pics here any more. That's how I lost my Avatar.

Find a new hosting platform, like Shutterfly. I think they are who I'm using.

We NEED to see that famous Skunkhunter image!

We should have a sticky where people can post up the stories behind their handles.... assuming they want to

Randy is like the Phantom of the Opera.

YUP, sure am. I don't want to scare the little kiddies with my ugly mug.

You take all the fun out of insulting you!

He just makes it TOO easy!!!

Hey, it's all part of the Fun!

Randy, you ARE a good sport!!!

I try to be Tom. To me it's like Politics or Religion. It's OK to talk about it, it's OK to argue about it, but it's NOT OK to get all bent out of shape about it. If we can't laugh at ourselves how can we be expected to laugh about anything? Laughter (and NON dirty insults) can make a bad day turn good. Why do you guys think we made all those Christmas cards. I thought Y'all could use a good laugh. And besides it's laughing WITH me, not AT me if you get my drift. I am not good at explaining things sometimes.

Nothing will beat your fairy wings pictures!

Haha, yeah that was a pretty good one. Probably my favorite one. And the Ninja monkeys shirt didn't hurt any either.

Randy, you are the most good natured person I have ever met on any forum. Probably for the best especially with that mug of yours. Darn it, why can’t I ever give you a compliment without turning it into an insult? Seriously, I wish I lived closer so we could meet in person.

I don't know about that Ray, those "East-side kids" can be kind of strange. ................................

Yeah yeah I know, and we talk funny too.

Yeah and maybe I could finally get a descent cup of coffee! But none of that cat processed stuff.

Seriously, thank You Ray. I try and not take myself to seriously. Life is to short and full of it's own troubles without us adding our lousy attitude into the mix. I can't say that I am always a "Don't worry, be Happy" kind of guy but I try and keep a smile on my face when I am out and about.

I would rather have a Tigger attitude than that of Eeyore.

Personally, I like Taz, the Tasmanian Devil!

I do too Tom, but I just can't move that fast any more.

Neither can I, but I can still get crabby!

I can spit and drool like Taz and be painfully oblivious like Tigger.

You're a squirrel of many talents D/T.

Randy, I am a big coffee snob. I have two roasters and roast all my beans. But I draw the line at drinking civet coffee. I have heard that it is supposed to be good; however, NO!

I still like Mrs. Olson's brew.....Folgers.

Ah come on Ray, be adventurous.

I hear you though, Not sure I would try it if it was offered to me. Ah heck whom am I fooling. Of course I would try it.

Especially if it's FREE!

Free is good!

Free is GREAT!