So what do you dogs think the new blade will be?

I'm thinking a Scrap-a-rucki or a Golok. Long and thin. Some great blades are made in 5160 and it will be interesting to see how the Busse heat treat raises the bar.

Thanks for S&P Dan

Now the waiting begins

MM

That would work for me!

Klink, is 5160 more corrosion resistant than sr101?

And no one is taking a guess? Then a ruck or golok it is!

MUTTCHETTE

That would be great! About 18 inches, please.

M/M, 52100 should hold an edge slightly better, but 5160 is considered tougher according to what I Googled. The heat-treating protocol is important, where Bussekin excels. They both will rust, but supposedly the 5160 will rust more evenly. I'm not afraid of 5160; it's a good spring-steel used by a lot of swordmakers.

5160 is a medium carbon spring steel. People make knives and swords of that steel. Choosing this steel indicates in my opinion that the next knife is going to be long. Though I was hoping it would be 6-7" and thin... Good blade steel and in the hands of Dan.... Well, I know I´m excited!

Me too!

ScrapZilla w/ slightly tapered tang wrapped in a hand-filling (but not bulky) Res-C.

Just Spitballing. But with the Busse's History with the Walking Dead and Zombie flicks (resident evil) I'm going to say a replacement for Michonnes blade.

The Zombie Whacker 15.

I dream of a ResC handle Zilla Kuk of some type. But would love to see a katana type blade. Just excited for a new model.

A clip-point Bowie!

A 22 inch Scrapytana! All for under $300.00. OK, $350.00 with Horse stall rubber mats for bolt on handles! 3/16 inch thick and NO Americanized Tanto tip. This will be a Zombiepocalypse blade for cutting everything soft, except for the bones.

^^^ This.^^^

I hope!!!

What about this:

Beefed up mudder handle +

Chopweiler blade =

WIN!!!

+1 on the clip point bowie.

i'm into a clip point bowie......especially with mudder handles

I don't know.

Council tools uses 5160 for their Velvicut premium axes. As far as a guess on what the next yard knife will be, Muttchette has an awesome name, golok style would be sweet.

Scrapzilla
Dog ASH
Dog DSF
Muttchette
Dogolok
Dog Jack
Nuclear Mutt-down Fusion Steel Heart
CG Grade War Dog
Yard Whacker Mistress

Or all of the suggestions from the BOAR thread:

- The Pig Zilla: The 15" Khukri ultimate killer-boar fighting implement of doom!

- The Pork Poker: The 11" narrow shiney pig sticker with a mudder, Regulator, or Basic handle.

- The Swine Slayer 9: A shiny 911 with a sharpened swedge for nimble combat.

- The Hog Hammer: The 8" wide-belly clip point Bowie knife with a Regulator handle for cleaving and butchering the beast

- The Boar Dog: The 3" and 5" skeleton karambit with optional scales for when the fight gets close up and personal!

IT WILL BE A BUSHWHACKER DOGFATHER LE!!!!!!!!!

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN!!!!! SHINY, THINNER 5160--OR AS THE LOCALS CALL IT SR-102 --WITH THE OLD DOG LOGO!!!!! I JUST KNOW IT!!!!

It's fun to watch a squirrel get excited!

Just don't fall out of your tree..........again!

I'm resilient--I bounce until stuff breaks....then the bouncing isn't fun anymore...

Well young squirrel, TIME catches up with everyone.

I'm thinking this from Dan's vague description. A Scrap-a-Rucki would be a GREAT pig sticker!

MM

YEAH! I'll take one of each! Depending on the price, maybe two of the fivers!!!

BWDFLE!

It it two weeks yet? I am really excited to see what Dan has up his paws...


MM

I think we ALL are!

C'mon 5160 Pig Sticker!




MM

I think it will be overdue!

I'm liking small neck knives for summer more and more. Right now it's an izula 2 with a para wrap. I'd love it if it was sr101. Maybe a variation on the scrapivore with a little more handle? That's more of a wish though.

Agreed!!! I think we're finally going to get a Res-c Khukri! Old design that is known for 5160 steel. Hopefully a Regulator handle.

Bill Siegle makes very fine camp knives and choppers from 5160 steel, and nobody ever complains about his knives. Add in the magic of the Busse Heat Treat expertise, and this should be a great blade.

How about a Res-C machete, 16 - 18" blade at 1/8" thick?

I would love to beat on DogZilla. Put the regulator handle on a 12-14" recurve like the Zilla or slightly straighter like the MOABolo to keep cost down by using a little narrower stock.

Maybe there's enough magic to take some of that 5160 and fill in the choil on any 411's left lying around

I realize it doesn't work like that, but a guy can dream. I think the 411's just about a magic slicer but I don't typically like choils on smaller knives.

That being said.. a beefy chopper would be awesome with the 5160. Any shop that turns out beasts like the 1111 and 1311 knows their choppas.

Time for me to take a sip from the Dog Bolo.

I think the Winkler axes are 5160. I wonder how it compares to S7 in edge holding. A 1-hand rucki pig sticker sounds good to me

They were 5160. Daniel now uses 80CrV2 for almost all his blades. Although I think some of the breaching / rescue axes may be S7 or H13 still, and there are some smaller knives in 3V and CPM 154.

5160, with a non botched heat treat, should perform very similarly to S7. Both are lower to mid carbon steels tha t reach the upper 50's in RC and have a lot of toughness / ductility.

This wait is killing me...

Wait is killing me too !!!!!!

Wouldn't mind seeing an updated version of the Wardog Or something in 4-6 blade length

This WEIGHT is killing me! oh, we're talking about the new knife...

^---- Ooh that would ROCK!!!

Had to get over here after Dan's announcement surfaced on BF!