Thanks to one and all for the warm welcome and the sage advice. I appreciate it. Doing more research on the issue I find I like the blade form on the scrap 4 and the rat hunter better than the mean street and I def want INFI. I got a street scrap off e-bay and Im gonna commit (gasp) knife desecration. Ill try first to cut some off the tang and if that does'nt work Ill remove the handle and replace it with a (spidy mean streets perrin design) in carbon fiber at about 4" in the handle.Thanks to everyone and may you find your perfect EDC.