Yep Steelfan and Ordawg, I'm right there rowing that boat with y'all. I'm not concidered special enough to own one either I guess. Maybe if I spent less time running around the globe in defense of this country and trying to run a business, I could make sure to be at all of the important Blade Shows so that I could wear rubber noses and be inducted into secret societies in order to buy a knife. You know, the Important stuff!
Also, just because you make it to the show means absolutely nothing! You are very likely to be the first one to the table only to find out that the knives you were looking for, (and knew were there), were sold the night before or in the hours before the doors opened. There are several on this forum who know exactly what I'm talking about. It would really be more polite just to sucker punch all of your loyal customers in my opinion.
It seems as though having money in hand no longer makes you a customer anymore.
Sorry for the negative post guys, but this one has me pretty ticked off. I do like the knives, but if you guys will just stop and think this thing through, you will see the obvious face slap. I think there are people high up the chain who actually think this stuff is funny.