Knife designations
AD - Active Duty
AB - Aftershock Bolo
AK - American Kensei
AK47 - American Kensei 47
AS - Assault Shaker
BA - Badger Attack
B3 (BB3) - Basic 3 (Busse Basic 3)
B4 (BB4) - Basic 4 (Busse Basic 4) (European release only) (AKA Euro 4)
B5 (BB5) - Basic 5 (Busse Basic 5)
B6 (BB6) - Basic 6 (Busse Basic 6) (European release only - AKA Euro 6 - like a basic version of the caretaker)
B7 (BB7) - Basic 7 (Busse Basic 7)
B9 (BB9) - Basic 9 (Busse Basic 9)
BM - Battle Mistress
CR - Combat Recruit
CT - Care Taker (European release only - a clip point e handled knife, roughly the size of a NO)
C4 (BC4) - Combat 4 (Busse Basic Combat 4 - European release only, essentially a 4" satin jack blade, with the smaller 3rd gen style choil)
FILET KNIVES - some of the older micarta handled knives Jerry made, came in 4,5, and 6" lengths
FO - Force One
GM - Groove Master
GW - Game Warden (prototype e-handled knife - few known to exist )
HR - Hell Razor
HOG - Heavy Ordnance Grade
IF - Inbred Fighter
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 (old model)
MRS - Meaner Street (new model)
MR. MOJO
NARK - Nuclear Air Rescue Knife
NIP - Nuclear Ice Pick
NO - Natural Outlaw
PBS - Pork Belly Skinner
PD - Public Defender
PH - Paul's Hatchet
Piano Key
PR - Police Recruit
4' PBF - 4' Pure Bred Fighter (AKA Killer Bee)
6' PBF - 6' Pure Bred Fighter
8' PBF - 8' Pure Bred Fighter
SJ - Satin Jack
SHARK - Early fighting knife with shark-like lines
SH - Stealth Hawk
SH - Steel Heart
SH1 - Steal Heart, earliest version, 6' blade, birds beak pommel
SH2 - Steal Heart - a longer version (7.5') with either the birds beak or the later rounded pommel
SK - Skeleton Key
TB - Tank Buster
UF - Urgent Fury
WB - War Boar
Variant/one off knife designations
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' Argonne Assault blade, and the California-legal version with the knuckle guards removed.
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 instead of micarta.
AXE - Early years item. Few known to exist. (estimated to be 3 or so)
ASH - Anniversary Steel Heart
BA - Bad Apple
BA-3 - Badger Attack 3
BA-E - Badger Attack Ergo
BATAC - Badger Attack TAC
BBSHSH - Birds Beak Straight Handled Steel Heart
BM-E - Battle Mistress Ergo
B&T - Bird and trout knife - 1 of 3 made for 3 brothers. Late 1982, D2 steel, real pre-embargo ivory handles
BLUE GRASS BOWIE - A GFD bowie made from an e-handled knife
BW - Bad Warden
DAGGER - a 1983-1986 blade that was made from Jerry's brothers design
DH - Defiance Hill - stag handled d2 blade bowie, made early in Jerry's knife making career
DWMS - Desert Warfare Mean Street - smooth coat, reddish-brown micarta. .220 normally. Some in 9/32.
EU ZTBM - Extraction Unit Zero Tolerance Battle Mistress
EU MR MOJO
EU Uncle MOFO
FBM - Fusion Battle Mistress
FFFBM - Fat Flat Fusion Battle Mistress
FIB - Flinted Indian blade, heavily gun blued 0-1 blades made in Jerry's very early years
FSH - Fusion Steel Heart
FSH-1 - Fusion Steel Heart 1
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.
HH - (Fusion) Heavy Heart
HOFBM LE - Heavy Ordnance Fusion Battle Mistress Limited Edition
HOFSH - Heavy Ordnance Fusion Steel heart
HOFSH LE - Heavy Ordnance Fusion Steel heart Limited Edition
HOSJTAC LE - Heavy Ordnance Satin Jack TAC Limited Edition
HT - Holy Terror - a serrated d-guard attachment meant for the original straight handled Steel Hearts. Also offered with a separate handle so it could be used independent of a knife.
LIL' UGLY - Earlier small blade version which pre-dated Mean Street
LMS - Lean Mean Street - thinner version of the Mean Street - reported 117 made (110 black micarta, 7 tan)
LMRS - Leaner Meaner Street - a thinner variation of the Meaner Street
Mr. MOFO - a saber ground version of the Mr. MOJO
Mr. MEFO - exact same knife as the Mr. MOFO, only with the letters "MEFO" instead of "MOFO" laser-etched onto it. A rare etching mistake.
HD - Heavy Duty - a 0.25" variation of the Active Duty
HOOD KNIFE - a straight handled Battle Mistress variant designed by Ron Hood
IA - Internal Affair (a clip point BM-e variant)
KL - Knight Light
MIGHTY BOHEMOTH - A very large recurved e-handled custom.
MOAB - Mother Of All Bowies
MOASH - Mother Of All Steel Hearts
MJ - Mole Jack
MUTANT MOJO - A GFD ground Mr. MOJO
NICK - Nuclear INFI Culinary Knife -Also offered in XXX NICK version
NO-E - Natural Outlaw Ergo
NUKE HEARTS - Steel Heart variants that featured a sharpened top edge (hollow ground)
OD - Off Duty - a 3/8 variation of the Active Duty
PA - Pink Apple - variation of a variation, using pink died bone handles
PD - Birch Knob Polar Drop, early smooth micarta smooth bolt busse. A 'nuclear payload' knife, it was buried in 1989 for later retrieval
PS - Pepper Shaker (swedged & hollow ground Assault Shaker variant)
RUGER BOWIE - a style of bowie from the early days (pre-production) of Jerry Busse's knife making career
Sub-Hilt Fighter
SJTAC - Satin Jack TAC
SFNO - Special Forces Natural Outlaw
SHBA - Straight Handled Badger Attack
SHBM - Straight Handled Battle Mistress
SHSH - Straight Handled Steel Heart
SH-E - Steel Heart Ergo
TRICKSTER MOJO - Mr. MOJO variant
Thin NICK
Uncle MOJO
Uncle MOFO
VWF - Vasco Wear Fighter. A Ruger bowie made in Vasco wear steel.
ZT - Zero Tolerance variant: BM, SH, NO and SJ
Military overrun knife designations
ARK - Air Rescue Knife
AT1 - Arctic Team 1, a clip point BM-e with white coating, and forward seat belt cutter style serrations.
B.A.R.F - 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
BS - Buffalo Soldier
DSF - Desert Storm Fighter
EU17 - extraction unit 17. These knives were offered in mini (6'), regular/standard (7') and magnum (9.5') sizes. They were made from e-series blades, specifically the BM, SH, and either NO or BA (yet to be released to the public)
LU - Lil' Ugly
MR - Mud Razor
Ripper
SOUL1 - a blade of 'secure' origins that had very strict regulations on public purchase.
ST Ripper
ST-56 - Persian Fighter
TALIWHACKER - only Busse knife to use SR101, a modified 52110 steel used in Swamp Rat products
TANKER A - a longer version of the Combat 4, came 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 (TM ZTBM), SH (TM ZTSH), and NO (TM ZTNO) versions. They were offered with either new-style serrations or plain edge.
Handle designations (and features)
3RD GEN (generation) - used on the satin jack and others. (BA3, GM, PD, PH, etc.) Rope cut scales.
BB - bird's beak handle designation, specifically the pommel. CANVAS MICARTA - a layered material made of canvas and phenolic resin roughest and strongest of the 3 micarta types used by Busse
E - ergo handle designation
EDC - every day carry
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 has been used to describe handle modifications (which vary)
LINEN MICARTA - a layered material made of linen and phenolic resin
MAGNUM - a thicker then 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, Argonne Assault
QUILTED PATTERN - a set of raised diamonds, used on the e-series of 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)
PAPER MICARTA - a layered material made of paper and phenolic resin.
ROPE PATTERN - used on 3rd gen. handles (SJ, BA3, etc)
SF - Special Forces (handle designation) - found on the SFNO, F1, and other offerings from 2004 on.
SH - straight handled
SH - sub-hilt
SLOTTED - a type of handle fastener essentially a flat head screwdriver bolt, used between smooth and tubed scales periods
SMOOTH - a type of fastener that had a smooth head, used on the earlier knives, before production years started
SMOOTH MICARTA - designates a lack of machining on the micarta slabs, meaning they are smooth rather then rope pattern or raptor patterned.
TAC (T) - tactical handle designation, found on the NARK and others offered 2004 on
TUBE - the current handle fastener - a tube of metal flared under extremely high
(Fat Flat Fusion Battle Mistress) 
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