Knifeguy, I'll convey the same thing I said to someone over in the Busse forum who felt like he was getting "jerked around."

Lighten up. You're taking it all just a little too seriously, as evidenced by your chapter length post which takes tedium and melodrama to new heights. You might ask whether you've invested just a little too much of your identity into a particular knife brand.

As for some of the comments you make, yes there is occasional buzz on the Busse forum. But more than that, the Busse forum is a place where people have fun. They razz each other. They continually joke about drinking because it has become an inside joke, just like elves and aliens and Kool-Aid and Skunk's vault and Paul's back hair and Heavy's size and Jamie's age and Tim's grinding and so on and so on. Jerry doesn't just pop in to create buzz. He responds to questions, he offers up well wishes, he interjects with an occasional joke. Knifeguy, a lot of your criticisms are just way off base.

If you don't like the wait or Dan's current absence from the boards, the answer is pretty simple. There are lots of great knives out there from other makers.