These last few posts remind me of what a good crew we have here on this forum! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> I know from Vic's record that he has stood more than his "watch" on the wall defending the USA...as no doubt have others whose details I do not know...and thanks for the generous offer Vic. However if there is "one" soon to be HOG who can give some informed feedback on this knife it is you and you thoroughly deserve any place on a "Test Team" special issue and the pleasure of using and keeping this knife.

For me Tolly says it like I feel it...if you do have an interest in Knives and Guns "generally" or whether for a given time of your life they are the "tools of your trade"....my experience is that you share common values and perhaps see this sort of thing as a bit of a "nonesense"....just "games" to make your "market share"....which is fair enough...

If the knife is all the better for it six months down the road I will be suprised though...for many I expect the knife will find a shelf in the safe to come out for daylight six months down the line and either be flipped for a good profit or used as yet another form of "exclusivity" and "status"...which in fairness to "collectors" there is nothing wrong in that.

If Jerry was really serious about "feedback" I suspect "pricing" to be the one area where the "feedback" is needed....the "combat" part of the Busse title is probably insufficiently paid to "reach" for these Satin models....I could do it if I sold my other stuff which I might well do....even if I do so on principal...because for me these "games" are getting tiresome. I felt like this when the SAR4 LE was introduced through the store with no "heads up" that other cheaper models were in the pipeline...some of which would have done just as well for my use and saved me a fair bit as well...I feel the same over this sort of thing and the "games" are not for me. Life can turn out to be too short sometimes and even if you get the chance for a "good innings"...you are changed and no longer have time for stuff like this...to me "customers are customers" and I should'nt have to do more than "pay for" what I want to buy. Time to move on....