They are conflicting addictions for me as well. I could pretty easily unload my CGFBM, DFLE, DM, MOD, CG Keeper, and ASH1 - those are my Mint Busse kin blades. I could come out w/ $1250 pretty easily on those - at a loss, of course. Maybe more like $1500 if I included the sheaths for all of them. If I unloaded half of my SAKs and Spydies (to include a big Manix and Lil' T - both mint), I could get up to $2000 total pretty easily. That would bring me back from the realm of "collector" to "user" (I've still got a pile of user knives!) - and I could snatch up a PRS Custom22 or a Gibson LP Standard with just a few hundred bucks on top of my knife sales.

Its tempting - really really really is... Luckily, I'm very happy w/ my Elitist, and know that those knives will continue to be worth the same if not more money down the road. Maybe when I graduate law school in a few years I'll sell some steel and throw in a few grand and get myself a '59 Burst Re-issue - depending on how Gibson does in the next few years...