You're preaching to the choir here, Recon.  I actually AM primarily a collector and with a single exception, I ONLY collect CGs.  To me, they better exmplify what Busse knives stand for than LEs do.  And I generally don't collect Busse knives to resell them.  So buying CGs is more of philosophical preference for me (and obviously, a price preference as well).  <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> 
I suspect it is more the Philosophy of Frugality, Bruce!