Part of what Dan said makes me wonder if grouping the three companies under the "Bussekin" umbrella might cause him some grief. There are statements on both Scrap Yard's site and Swamp Rat's warning folks not to contact Busse Combat. I don't think the relationship between companies is adversarial, but there may be a strong desire to preserve differential brand identity. Am I reading too much into it, or should we perhaps limit the use of the term "Bussekin"?

As far as this particular thread goes, I plan to wait until Dan posts the test results before saying anything else about 154CM -- unless I'm going to apply controlled forces and measure deflection angles to the point of failure using my own knives (which I'm not), then speculating about what they can or can't handle isn't productive, and is obviously irritating the guy in charge.