Appendix

Acronym	Name	Comments
AD	Active Duty
AB	Aftershock Bolo
NARK	Nuclear Air Rescue Knife
AS	Assault Shaker
BA	Badger Attack
B3	Basic 3
B4	Basic 4	European release only, AKA Euro 4
B5	Basic 5
B6	Basic 6	European release only, AKA Euro 6
B7	Basic 7
B9	Basic 9
BG	Battle Grade	A series of Busse knives with SR101 steel
	Bear Cub	The first in the HACK series
BM	Battle Mistress
BOSS	Busse Old School Series	Includes: HG55, BOSS Street, BOSS Jack
CR	Combat Recruit
CT	Care Taker	European release only, clip point E-handled knife, roughly the size of a NO
	Cultellus
(B)C4	Combat 4	Basic Combat 4, European release only, essentially a 4" satin jack blade, with the smaller 3rd gen style choil
	Fillet Knives
FO	Force One
GM	Groove Master
GW	Game Warden	As well as a newer version in 2006 featuring a handle similar to the Active Duty
HACK	HOG Apprentice Custom Knives	Includes: HACK Bear Cub, HACK Warden
	HG55	The first HG55 sold publicly was in the Cupidganza 2 (2009). They went up on the Busse site shortly thereafter.
HR	Hell Razor	Production version of the "grooved fighter" seen at Blade '03
KB	Killer Bee	AKA 4" pure bred fighter that is factory wrapped in yellow and black or all black
LE	Limited Edition
MS	Mean Street	Older model
MrS	Meaner Street	Newer model of the MS
Mr. Mojo		Steel Heart sized blade, E-handle, recurved with a blade catch on the upper riccasso
NO	Natural Outlaw
NWSAR5	Northwest Baby SAR 5	A search and rescue knife, first sold 2008
PBS	Pork Belly Skinner
PD	Public Defender
PH	Paul’s Hatchet
PR	Police Recruit
PBF	Pure Bred Fighter	AKA Killer Bee
	Sarsquatch
SJ	Satin Jack
SHARK		Early fighting knife with shark-like lines
	Stealth Hawk
SH	Steel Heart
SHI	Steal Heart I	Earliest version, 6" blade, birds beak pommel
SHII	Steal Heart II	7.5" blade with either the birds beak or the later rounded pommel
SK	Skeleton Key
SOB	Son of Badger
SS	Mini Sus Scrofa	Fear it! (Jerry said so)
TB	Tank Buster
UF	Urgent Fury
WB	War Boar	Production karambit

	3-Finger	An older Busse design, similar to the Mean Street but smaller
	82nd Airborne	Earlier busse, oval handle, saber ground, false upper swedge, a kind of bottle opener style choil
AA	Argonne Assault	Originals were made early years of Busse History. Re-released in 2002 as the 10th Anniversary = 7.5" blade, 20th Anniversary = 9.5" blade. "Magnum" = 10.5"
	Apprentice Knife	Made by people working under the Busse apprentice program, most/all were sans front talon hole, and most often had cord wrapped handles
AXE	Axe	Early years item. Few known to exist.
BA	Bad Apple
B&T	Bird and Trout	1 of 3 made for 3 brothers. Late 1982, D2 steel, real pre-embargo ivory handles
	Bluegrass Bowie	A GFD bowie made from an E-handled knife
	Boot Knife Blanks	A set of dagger-shaped boot knife blanks made of D2 steel, offered to the public un-heat treated and unground
	Dagger	A 1983-1986 blade that was made from Jerry's brother's design
DH	Defiance Hill	Stag-handled D2 bowie, made early in Jerry’s knife-making career
	Drop Point Hunter	3" blade with 5160 steel. Sold ground, coated and heat treated. Originally used as apprentice training blanks in the 1980s
DWMS	Desert Warfare Mean Street	Smooth coat, reddish-brown micarta. .220 normally. Some in 9/32.
FIB	Flinted Indian blade	Heavily gun-blued 01 blades made in Jerry’s very early years
FT	Flying Tiger	Looks like a modified Flying Mojo, with the recurve ground out of the back end of the blade, the flying serrations closer together, and a lot of handle variance.
	Green Hornet	Killer bee w/ jungle green powder coat
HT	Holy Terror	A serrated D-guard attachment meant for the original straight-handle Steel Hearts, offered with a separate handle so it could be used independent of a knife.
	Hood Knife	A straight-handle Battle Mistress variant designed by Ron Hood
IA	Internal Affair	Clip point BM-E variant
	Inbred Fighter	7.5" blade Purebred Fighter with a striped jungle camo
	Jungle Jacket	Killer bee with striped jungle camo
	Jungle Recurve	Euro 4 with striped jungle camo and recurve blade
KL	Knight Light
	Lil' Ugly	Earlier small-blade version which pre-dated Mean Street
LMS	Lean Mean Street	Thinner version of the Mean Street
LMRS	Leaner Meaner Street	A thinner variation of the Meaner Street
	Mr. MoFo	Saber ground version of the Mr. Mojo
	Mr. Mefo	Same as the Mr. MOFO, except with the letters "MEFO" instead of "MOFO" laser-etched onto it. A rare etching mistake.
	Mighty Behemoth	A very large recurved E-handled custom
MOAB	Mother Of All Bowies
	Mutant MOJO	A GFD ground Mr. MOJO
NICK	Nuclear INFI Culinary Knife	Also offered in XXX NICK version
NIP	Nuclear Ice Pick
Nuke Heart	Steel Heart variants that featured a sharpened hollow-ground top edge
OD	Off Duty	3/8" variation of the Active Duty
PA	Pink Apple	Variation of a variation, using pink died bone handles
	Birch Knob Polar Drop	Early smooth micarta smooth bolt busse. A “nuclear payload” knife, it was buried in 1989 for later retrieval
	Pilot Master	Groove master with a swedge top, and a (mostly except tip) serrated blade, meant for downed plane/helicopter extraction
PS	Pepper Shaker	Swedged & hollow ground Assault Shaker variant
	Rescue Jack	3rd gen handle Satin Jack with spotted jungle camo used by Jerry to cut open a crash victim's car to make sure they were okay
	Red Cross	SHBM base, recurved main edge with flying style serrations at back of curve, swedge top with second edge covering forward half of blade, swedge containing flying style serrations as well. Finger grooved handle and skull crusher pommel.
	Ruger Bowie	Style of bowie from the early days (pre-production) of Jerry’s knife making career
	Skunk Slayer	Ergo battle mistress with a horizontal black and white stripe camo. It seemingly helped to hide the profile of the blade very well.
	Trickster Mojo	Mr. MOJO variant
SOW	Santa's Outlaw Wicked	Variation of the Special Forces Natural Outlaw, including a recurved clip point blade and red g10 handle scales
VWF	Vasco Wear Fighter	A ruger bowie made in vasco wear steel

ARK	Air Rescue Knife
AT1	Arctic Team 1	Clip point BM-E with white coating and forward seat belt cutter style serrations
BARF	Busse Assault Ring Fighter	Fighter-style offered with forward finger ring for retention/positional maintenance. Offered in 3 sizes, as well as 3 ringless "California" legal versions.
BIBB	Bolo Inspired Battle Blade
	Nuclear BARF	Nuclear Busse Assault Ring Fighter, came in 3 sizes and a California variant
BS	Buffalo Soldier
DSF	Desert Storm Fighter
MR	Mud Razor	Military run of the Hell Razor without corrugated bevels and having a dark brown crinkle coat
EU17	Extraction Unit 17	These knives were offered in regular, magnum and mini sizes. They were made from E-series blades, specifically the BM, SH, and either NO or BA
JD	Jungle Defender	Public defender variant with hollow ground flat main grind section and a regular flat ground forward grind section
SMOG Warden	Special Military Overrun Game Warden	DCBB finish with tan+grey G10 handle slabs, with a partially seat belt cutter style serrated blade
SOUL1		A blade of “secure” origins that had very strict regulations on public purchase
ST-56	ST-56	Variation of (I think) a SFNO with a spine that curves down to meet the point, giving the appearence of a "persian fighter". Came in 6 and 7" blade lengths
ST-65	ST-65	Persion style recurved fighter featuring a Flying SF Handle, came in 6" and 7" blade lengths
	Taliwhacker	Only Busse knife to use SR101, a modified 52110 steel used in Swamp Rat products
	Tanker A	Longer version of the Combat 4 with serrated or PE (plain edge) options. (At least one of which had raptor pattern scales).
TM	Terror Monkey	Rumored to have been made for an Israeli special unit specializing in rappelling, these knives had a special coating and 2 handle variations, one EU-17 style, and another that thinned out the index finger area, and the curve going towards the butt. They were made from ZT (Zero Tolerance) blade blanks, in BM, SH, and NO versions. They were offered with either new-style serrations or plain edge.
UD	Urban Defender	Same as Jungle Defender but with urban camo coating.

3rd Generation	Featuring rope cut scales, used on the Satin Jack and others. (BA3, GM, PD, PH, etc.)
BB	Bird’s Beak, on the pommel.
E	Ergo handle designation
EDC	Every Day Carry
EU	Extraction Unit, a handle similar to those used on the EU17 series of knives.
F	Fusion (meant to be a handle designation, but often misused to designate the new line of knives)
Factory Wrapped	Used on the Pure Bred Fighter series and some Busse swords, it was a Japanese style wrap, often in the Busse colors of black and yellow, but also offered in black/black.
Flying	Seat belt cutter style serrations on the top and bottom of the knife near the tip. Also used to describe various handle modifications.
Magnum	Thicker than normal handle scales with more contouring. Also used to describe a larger or longer version of other knives, such as the magnum EU17, Argonne Assault.
Mosaic Pins	A decorative handle fastener sometimes used on Busse customs.
Quilted Pattern	Raised diamond shaped checkering, used on the E-series handle scales.
Raptor Pattern	A wavy set of grooves, most notably used on the Active Duty handles (and later the Meaner and Leaner Meaner Street)
Rope Pattern	Diagonal cuts making a rope-like texture, used on 3rd gen. handles (SJ, BA3, etc.)
SF	Special Forces handle – found on the SFNO, F1, and other offerings from 2004 on.
SH	Straight Handle, a handle shape offered before the Fusion and Ergo handles.
Slotted Bolts	A type of handle fastener, essentially a flat head screwdriver bolt, used between smooth and tubed scales periods.
Smooth Bolt	A type of handle fastener that had a smooth head, used on earlier knives before production years started.
Smooth Micarta	Designates a lack of machining on the micarta slabs, meaning they are smooth and not patterned.
TAC	Tactical handle designation, found on the NARK, BATAC, and others offered since 2004.
Tube Fasteners	A tube of metal flared at both ends under extremely high pressure. Superior shear resistance, as well as maintaining holes through the handle for added versatility.

Canvas Micarta	A layered material made of canvas and phenolic resin, roughest and strongest of the 3 micartas used by Busse.
Cord Wrapped	Paracord wrapped around the skeletonized handle, like on the Lil' Ugly and a few others. Some knives have had a Japanese sword style black cloth wrap as well.
G10	A layered material made from fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin, it has been used by Busse in many colors.
Hard Anodized Aluminum	Aluminum that is hardened and electrically anodized to take on specific surface colors. Used on the AK47.
Linen Micarta	A layered material made of linen and phenolic resin. As finished by Busse, it has lesss visual and tactile texture than Canvas Micarta, but more than Paper Micarta.
MP45	A plastic no longer in production, used in the stealth hawk, occasionally used in customs.
Paper Micarta	A layered material made of paper and phenolic resin. Smoothest and weakest of the 3 micarta’s used by Busse.
Sheep Horn	Used occasionally on custom knives.
Ram Horn	Used on a pub defender variant offered in an extravaganzaa in 2006, as well as other customs and variants.
Stabilized Maple	Used in skeleton GW customs.

AT1	Arctic Team 1	Rare all-white coating.
BB	Bead Blast	A matte steel finish produced by blasting the blade steel with various media (e.g. glass pellets, sand, etc.)
Crinkle Coat	A textured paint finish applied to the entire blade except the edge grind to protect it from the elements. Offered in several colors.
CT	Coyote Tan
DC(BB)	Double Cut (Bead Blast), see BB above.
Desert Shadow Camo		A slanted striped combination of desert tans, grays, and maybe other colors painted on to make a camouflage pattern.
DT	Desert Tan
DW	Desert Warfare	Same as desert/coyote tan, used to describe the Mean Streets (older models).
Gold		Used on the 2006,2007 HOG induction knife.
JSC	Juncle Shadow Camo, a painted-on camouflage finish.
JG	Jungle Green, a painted-on camouflage finish.
Muddy		Brown muddy crinkle coat seen on the Mud Razor, Muddy AD, Mud Warden, and others.
OD	Olive Drab	A painted-on blade finish that replaces the older jungle green color.
SM	Smooth Coat	A smooth-painted finish as opposed to the Crinkle Coat.
Satin		A bare-metal hand rubbed style finish that has all the sanding marks going in one direction. One of the stages before mirror polishing. Most often seen on Limited Editions, customs, and variants.
SC	Spotted Camo	Prototype camo pattern seen most notably on the car crash knife used by Jerry to cut away metal of a smashed vehicle to get to the victims.
Jungle Shadow Camo		Slanted striped combination of greens, grays, and other Smooth Coat paints making a camouflage blade.
Terror Monkey		Slanted line coating using overlapping olive drab, gray and black colors.
UC	Urban Camo, a Smooth Coat camouflage blade finish using grays, blacks, and maybe other colors.
Urban Gray		A gray-colored Crinkle Coat painted finish.
Urban Shadow Camo		Slanted striped Smooth Coat painted combination of blacks, grays, and maybe other colors.

Asymmetrical Edge	A type of cutting edge bevelling where one side of the cutting edge is steeply ground (say, 15 degrees), and the other side is much more obtusely ground (say, 45 degrees). The actual cutting edge is either left or right of center, depending on the wich side the steeper angle is on. It is considered a stronger edge less prone to damage (better for chopping). This edge was standard on the Basic series, the E-handle series, the Assault Shakers, and maybe more.
Band Cutter	Used on the force one, it is a second edge meant for heavy abuse such as cutting steel banding. A picture on badmojo.tv shows use as early as 1984, most often on the spine of the knife.
BAT	Busse Armored Tip, used most notably on the Stealth Hawk
Blade Catch (Bottle Opener)	The piece of metal on the top of the ricasso as seen on the Uncle Mofo. Works as a second guard, and also to add weight at the center of the blade (pulling the balance closer to the handle)
Broad Tooth	In reference to the old style serrations (seat belt cutter style), meaning they are set fairly far apart. It is the normal style of old serrations, the more agressive close together pattern being for dedicated fighters like the Flying Tiger.
Corrugated Bevel	Corrugations, or fullers, can be with or without the heavy corrugation effect, which is essentialy a set of fullers that run down the length of the blade.
CNC Bevel	A blade grind that is created solely using a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machine.
CG	Combat Grade, generally referring to standard line knives sold direct from Busse Combat.
Distal Taper	A blade profile where the blade thins in thickness as it goes towards the tip.
Field Grade	Essentially the same as CG, this term was used on earlier knives.
HOG	Heavy Ordnance Grade. denotes 5/16" blade thickness, and a full flat grind rather then saber grind. May also denote one who has a propensity for buying/collecting Busses, or an unhealthy love thereof.
INFI	The proprietary steel that is patented by Busse Combat. Unique in its use of nitrogen as a major alloy (along with a reletively low carbon content).
LE	Limited Edition
MP45	The plastic laminate comprising the blade of the Stealth Hawk.
Maagnum	A thicker and more shaped than normal handle variation used on the new line. Also used to describe a larger or longer version of other knives, such as the magnum EU17, or the magnum Argonne Assault.
Oversized	Used to describe the larger Urgent Fury.
Penetrator Tip	Two small bevels on the upper corners of the tip of the blade that increase penetration ability.
Proto(type)	A specially made knife to test out a new feature or blade coating.
Quadruple Ground	A blade grind where there are 4 separate bevels.
Ricasso	The flat part between the blade and handle.
Serrated (new style)	A standard 2 small 1 large style serrations, which leave no straight edge.
Serrated (old style)	A kind of seat belt cutter style serration spread apart enough to allow for a straight edge between the serrations.
SR101	52100 with proprietary heat treatment, resulting in a steel with properties similar to those of INFI, but to a slightly lesser degree. Used in the Taliwacker (the only Busse knife made of SR101), and later used by Swamp Rat knife works.
Swedge	A set of bevels placed on the spine of the knife near the tip.
Symmetrical Edge	When both sides of the cutting edge are ground at the same angle (say 15 degrees right side, and 15 degrees left side), as apposed to the edge being ground asymmetrically. Generally considered to be better for slicing applications then an asymmetrical edge.
Talon HoleE	A Busse registered trade mark, it is a hole put in the bottom guard (between index finger and blade).
Triple Ground	A blade grind featuring 3 separate bevels.
Undersized	Used to describe the smaller Urgent Fury.
Zero Edge / Zero Ground	A full convex grind from spine to edge, having no distinctly separate bevels.
Zero Tolerance	Essentially "anorexic" (3/16" thick) editions of the Ergo line, most with a swedged upper tip and a saber grind.

Anorexic	Anything between 3/16" (.1875); and 1/8" (.125)	Thinner than normal
Bulemic	Between 1/16" (.0625) and 1/8" (.125)	Razor thin
Fatty	Above 1/4" (.250)	Thicker than normal
Heavy	Generally .220" thick	A thicker version of a standard 3/16" knife
HO	Heavy Ordinance	Same as Fatty
Lean(er)	Below 1/4" (.250)	A term used for the Mean Street series, meaning less thick than normal
MOA (Mother of All ...)	Generally referring to 3/8" (.375)	Specifically the MOASH and MOAB (e.g. mother of all steel hearts, mother of all bowies)
Obese	Normally 3/8" (.375)
0.09	Between 1/16 and 1/8	Technically closest to 1/11, NICK thickness (Bulemic)
0.125	1/8"	Anorexic
0.15		Special run of Nuclear Air Rescue Knives (NARK)
0.1875	3/16"	Zero Tolerance thickness
0.2	Between 3/16" and .220	Model T Street thickness,
0.22	Just below 1/4, technically 11/50	Standard thickness for tactical, fusion, and special forces knives
0.25	1/4"
0.27	Slightly above 1/4", close to 3/11ths	Fatty
0.3125	5/16"	Heavy Ordinance, Fatty
0.35	Between 5/16 and 3/8	Sometimes used with the "Mother Of All" prefix
0.375	3/8"	Obese

Application for determining thickness by decimal

Baby	Same as Mini, seen on "Baby BARF"
Black Tie	A satin finished blade with black G10 (or black paper micarta) handle scales. E.g. Black Tie Game Warden.
Bull Nose	When the top tip of the knife (on the spine) is sharpened to so that the spine drops abruptly into the tip. Creates a stubbier, but more durable looking tip.
California	Whenever a knife uses an integral knuckle gaurd, a variant is sometimes made with the guard ground off in order to make it legal for sale and carry in California.
Coffin Handle	A handle with an equal length spine and belly, with a butt that is half a hexagon, creating the appearence of a wild west style coffin. Most notably used on a Killer Bee.
Chisel Ground	Normally it would mean that one side is completely flat (lacking primary grind), but on Busse knives it can mean a puuko style grind, meaning there is no secondary cutting edge bevel; the main grind goes from straight into the cutting edge, as seen on the "chisel ground skull crusher"
Deep Dish	A very deep hollow grind.
Fence Fried / Fish Scale DCBB	A fish scale pattern bead blast (specifically used on Game Wardens)
Fire / Flame DCBB	A flame pattern bead blast (specifically used on Game Wardens)
Flying	Seat belt cutter style serrations on the top and bottom of the knife, near the tip. Also used intermittenty to describe various handle modifications. When in reference to handles, it basically means metal has been removed from the handle. To "fly" the spine is to remove metal to give a different effect/grip, and handle weight. "You know, If I "flew" it. .. I could lose another 1/2 ounce. . . .hmmmmm. . . . stand by for take off." - Jerry Busse. Simplfied, it means "to remove metal from".
GFD (Grinder Frontal Design)	Meaning Jerry himself takes the knife to the grinder without any template to work from.
Ghost	Can mean several things. The ghost Steel Heart was a bead blasted birds beak SH1 that had a faint Busse Combat logo visible. As a generalized term, it refers to a combination of coating and handle materials that creates a light grey color, such as grey/white G10 and urban grey coating.
Harpoon Tip	A swedge that stops before the tip, creating a spine configuration that would catch on material when withdrawn from a stab.
Jungle Assault	Unknown specifications for use
Mini	Smaller version of a pre-existing model.
Mole	Sterile black crinkle coated blades like the Mole Jack.
Naked	Can mean without handle, without coating, or without sheath.
Nuclear	Having the entire length of the spine sharpened using a deep dish hollow grind.
Saw Back	A term used in the badmojo.tv description of a custom. It used the flying (but non slanted) serration pattern with 3 levels cut into the spine, each slightly lower (more towards the center of the knife).
Search and Rescue (SAR)	Can have various meanings. The SAR Warden was called such because it features day-glow yellow G10 handle scales. The Northwest Baby SAR5 was built with SAR use in mind.
Swag Back	A term used by Jerry to describe a 3 humped back, like what is seen on the Fusion Battle Mistress. It was used to describe a Triple Clip Steel Heart Variant.
Uncle	Meaning without a blade catch – used when referring to the Mr. Mofo / Mojo line

AK	American Kensei
AK47	American Kensei 47	The second version of the American Kensei with an overall length of 29", an 18.5" blade, and fusion style pommel. Utilizes the Corrugated Bevel and is made via CNC.
DF	Dragons Fang	Zakuri hira kissaki, blade catch, and finger grooves throughout the handle length.
Gladius	Just that.	Initially released in 2010
HH	Hell's Hornet	"Hells Hornet was a custom project specifically made for none other than the Idahoskunk. As far as it being part of a production run, can you say "no way Jose"?". Very much like the AK47, except the following: 1/4" INFI, 25" OAL, 15" in front of the Talon Hole.
Ruck Kensei	AK47 Variant	Has a 15" blade, and a total length of 23 1/4". The last tube fastener and pommel were removed to shorten the handle.

Thanks to "Last Visible Canary"@BFC for compiling an extensive initial version of this document!