If it's one thing the secondary market teaches, it's that Busse family knives appreciate in value over time. So you've got to jump in somewhere. Otherwise you'll spend the rest of your life regretting your inability to purchase knives you can no longer afford when you could have afforded them "once upon a time". [/quote
Amen Brother! My only regrets are those of wishing I had bought a knife - first when I really could afford it, and then forever watch the price go up.