I understand entirely what you have said KG...and indeed I have had some exotic toys which the "loss" on could have funded a Busse collection of huge proportions...and I may have been much better off had I done this...but all told...it got some things out of my system and I am definately wiser and more content now...

On the knife front...I do have a lot of money in these...I don't mind if I use them...even the expensive ones...but just like KG I have some which are hard to move and some almost too expensive to use...I have selected one or two expensive customs which I do use and maybe it's time to move the others on.

Busse wise...trying just costs me on postage and duty...I am usually in and around getting my costs back...the price of not being able to handle them over here before you buy...but I am prepared to accept this...it is a lot better than simply having lots of money lost on the re-sale value!