That crowned spine, aka, meltdown treatment, on the NMFSH is super cool and I hope we get to see more of it. Been seeing it on a few new models (Beating Heart and Camp Mistress) which makes me happy. I only hoping we get to see a true meltdown treatment offered again where everything is crowned, tang and all like on the Boss Jacks and NMFBM and probably some others I'm forgetting about.
That's got to be the Fat Fusion Battle Mistress, correct? 5/16" thick stock?
That's one mega hunk of INFI!
I see it says 1 of 27, what's the story on that? Major grail piece right there!
Thanks so much for posting those. Great photos! I downloaded them all to admire as time goes on, haha.
Thank you. That Custom shop NMFSH is IMO one of the two most beautiful Busse knives.
The other is TGCS
Since you asked about the MOABM here is the story.
It has two sides to it - one is mission accomplished and the other a missed lucky opportunity one.
The knife was one of the 1st Busse MOABM run. I missed to get it from Jerry, so I had to hunt for it. After some time I got a deal with the seller here on this forum who was willing to part with the knife. He was a sailor (I think of him as a shipmaster
). He was mostly at sea and wanted me to pay with Bitcoins. That was almost a decade ago. At that time to do so I had to open an account with Coinbase (which was a private company back then with very little support available). By their rule I had to deposit some money $500 IIRC in number of deposits waiting for their reviews and approvals in-between to have a functional account to buy the Bitcoins. Since it was taking time and I was worried about me losing the seller's business to someone else, I convinced him to take a wire or Paypal (don't remember exactly).
So he agreed and the "Mission accomplished" part has a happy end with me getting the beautiful knife I was hunting for.
The missed opportunity side of the story is that, if Coinbase approved and opened my account quickly enough, I would've bought bitcoins I needed for the knife plus some extra ones (back then the cost was $200 a coin or so) to have some room, if the seller got another offer. Assuming he would stick to the price he posted, I would've ended up with what I believe would've been 5 or so extra bitcoins. Nice, right?
It did not happen. I did not invest in the Bitcoins back then. No complains here, as I am working in the hi-tech for decades and have some other investments done in the industry, however not as spectacular as the Bitcoin would've been.
That's the story of this special 1 of 27 MOABM knife.
I do not buy knives to sell. I just, like many of us, now and then try to downsize. I had in excess of 16 Busse knives alone with many others and sold a few.
Now it is time to get this new incarnation of the MOAB in the stable
I am sure it will be a beautiful knife.
Less special than 1 of 27, but it could be better yet as I use my knives, drive my sports cars, shoot my guns and drink my Scotches