I would agree with that Bruce. $40-$50 is what it is, and money is certainly getting a little harder to come by for everybody. Sometimes though, you are actually getting a totally different knife with the LE version. A prime example of that is the DFCG vs DFLE. To me the DFLE is the Cat's meow, while the DFCG is not nearly as high on my list, and it actually has more to do with the full flat grind than it does the finish.
Yes, I actually mentioned that in another post. As you say, sometimes the difference between a CG and an LE is more than just the way they're finished. The DFCG/DFLE example is right on point . . . they really are
very different knives. Whether the M9LE and M9CG (if it arrives) have any differences other than finishing remains to be seen.
I actually have a budget that I adhere to religiously. I won't spend more than $200.00 on a fixed blade knife or $100.00 on a folder. I've only violated my spending limit once and that was to buy my one and only Busse knife . . . a straight-handled Satin Jack that I paid $225.00 for brand new from Skunk before he opened the BCS. So unless I want to sell some knives to fund an M9LE, it's over my spending limit. And I'm not going to consider doing that unless and until I know if the M9CG is going to become available. If that means I miss out on the M9 altogether, so be it.
