This is a VERY good and worthy question.

I am sure Dan and Jerry go back and forth on this on a very regular basis.

Obviously, Jerry has grown this business on the reputation of providing "FAIL-PROOF" UBER-Tough blades.

But, while I WANT and appreciate UBER-tough blades, I am not personally willing to sacrifice "FUNCTION", design, fit and feel for toughness alone.

At some point, "Tough Enough" works for me and THEN I am going to want to have my cake and eat it to.
I want tough, but I also want: quality designs with FUNCTION, Fit, feel and balance as high priorities.
I also want GREAT edge properties including: edge retention and preferrably at least reasonable to sharpen.

And personally, I WANT "SATIN" finishes. I am pretty sick and tired of stripping and polishing "NEW" knives. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

I do thank Dan for generally regularly providing Satin options. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> .... But, I REALLY wish I could get SR-101 in satin. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Obviously, there is still a market for FATTY sharpened pry-bar knives. I know some that LOVE them. But, what is best for Busse and kin as a whole????

How many sharpened pry bars can they sell vs. quality designs utilizing their PROVEN quality UBER tough steel?

I think they can provide both.

The thing is, Busse steel is so tough, it doesn't NEED to be a FATTY pry-bar. That is the beauty of Busse steel.

I know some people LOVE Fatty pry-bar styled knives. And I have "some" limited niche interest myself. But, I personally only have a small interest in having one or two or maybe even a small handful of sharpened pry-bars. For the most part, I have enough of those now.

So, now that I am sold on Busse steel being plenty tough even in thinner knives, for my money, I want better and better improvements in design, function, fit and feel (ergos). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Personally, I can buy pry-bars at any of many hardware stores all day long for around $20 - and they work VERY well as pry-bars. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Now that I have a handful of sharpened pry-bars at high-dollar (for pry-bars), for the most part, much over $20 - $30 these days and I start wanting my money to be used for a good "KNIFE"!

To me, a knife is for cutting!

If I want to PRY, I have cheap beater tools for prying that work very well.

To each their own.

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