Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and the sage advice on mean street vs scrapper 4. I got a scrapper 4 off e-bay in INFI and I'm gonna try but as you've said the handle looks too long and bulky. So first I'll (gasp) perform knife desecration and lop off an inch. If that doesn't work I'll remove the handle and replace it with a Fred Perrin mean street style in carbon fiber at about 4" of handle. Any comments or suggestions welcome.