Most everybody reading this forum is to some degree a knife nut. I could get by with a Swiss Army, a machete, and maybe one good kitchen knife. I am stunned and amazed when I visit folks who don't even have one single blade in the house that cuts. But they know I'll have at least one on me. So knife guys like us are into performance. We have specialized knives for every conceivable chore. We love to use our knives, except maybe a few that we own just for the shear joy of having. They are works of high art to us. Busses are cult knives. That's right. It's a cult I resisted for some time, but it is a cult that only wants the finest knives ever made. They are not like anything else on earth. There are plenty of good knife brands out there, and I own models from most of them. I may not go nuts for every Busse made, and I bet not one in a thousand people involved in SAR will have a Busse SAR4. But a few will. And they know that it will never fail them. Others just collect them. While not my cup of tea, I can appreciate that some are willing to pay $400 for one. I paid the same for a fighter I may never use except to cut steak with to impress my friends. Fortunately for us, if we want a knife with Busse's high performance at a more affordable price, Scrap Yard is here. And so are we.