We will all eagerly await your chop fest, and the Bravo-1 is a nice blade, too. I have both the A2 and CPM154 versions. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

i was going to cancel because i'm only working three days a week right now and somehow got caught up in this paintball thing. big bill to pay this month.

Can't wait to have the M9LE in my grubby hands. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Well for me it is a case of too many buses (pun intended) coming all at the same time...if I had come to Busse about 2 months ago instead of 9 months ago...I would have had funds for a NMFBM LE, a NMSFNO LE...the HG55LE...the Zilla...and the M9LE...and that would be all my bases covered and I doubt I would need buy another knife.

Instead the secondary market prices on a lot of other knives have taken their toll...because even though selling is an option...their are losses of high proportions over here on duty/VAT and postage.

Buys for me since becoming "addicted" are:

Skinny Ash x 2 (sold one)
Ash LE (sold)
FFBM (sold)
Jack Hammer
BATAC LE (sold)
FSH X 2
FBM satin combat grade
NMFBM
Basic 9
SJTAC Custom
3B2
NMSFNO

DFLE
DFCG x 3 (sold two)
DMDC (sold)
YKCG (sold)

RMD x 2

Anyone want to do the maths?

On others

BRKT Golok
BRKT Bravo 1 (sold)
Hossum Retributions x 2

And on order is a HG55LE and undoubtedly a Zilla in due course...

So now I have really scared myself to death and confirmed I am in need of therapy....

What do I really want/need? One large, one medium, one small fixed blade.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Oh...and "NO REGRETS"...LOL.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Why do I torment myself doing lists like this???????

Look on the bright side....I have lost more in two minutes signing for a new car and driving it off the forecourt....( is that a bright side <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)

VoxHog, the enabler. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Let us know how it compares to the NMSFNO. I'm betting the NMSFNO isn't far behind it in chopping.

Hey gang, wasn't jabbing at anyone - on either end. Just presenting the notion of when something is available does it change perspective, and how long is anticipation good for(as a "high")?

So now do I calculate picking up an NMSFNO now because they're more likely to disappear first and an M9 later because they're just now being introduced, or...

get both! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> id get the nmsfno but for some reason i dont like the nuclear meltdown stuff. not my cup of tea <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I have two friends that canceled there M9 order, the thought has crossed my mind, but I'm gonna try to hold out

I don't want to judge anybody's personal reasons for cancelling. I personally have my own finincial difficulties to contend with myself and have had to consider cancelling myself.

But, I do think the M9LE has GREAT potential to be a GREAT knife.

In spite of my troubled finances, I would rather order the knife, FIND a way to somehow pay for it (even though I personally fear contact from Eric right now as "right now" is NOT good), recieve it and then make a decision on wheather I can justify keeping or not - as opposed to deciding I want it later and having to contend with the secondary markets jacked-up pricing. As a pretty safe rule, these things go up in value on the secondary market when from Busse and kin.

And I am concerned that if everyone keeps cancelling their orders, I fear Jerry might reconsider the "Open window" policy for being able to order.... and going back to Bowls and Ganzaaas where many will miss out, a few will hord and be greedy to sell to those on the secondary market at jacked up prices and so on.

Just suggesting to really consider before cancelling.

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Yeah, I'm gonna stick with my original plan and - M9s and Blade!

I'm not sure that the M9LE is a user for me. My Satin Battle Rat is almost identical and that one is already a user so the M9 may be a Queen. I need to take out the NMSFNO (user) and compare it with the Battle Rat and Satin Battle Rat. But before I do that I need to put a nice convex edge on all of them and I have not had to time to mess with my belt sander and practice sharpening.

On the belt sander side of things... I have the cheapo Harbor Freight 1"x30" but I get a lot of play/movement/vibration in the belt. Is it worth it to step up to something a bit nicer if I really want to apply a nice edge to my knives?

I need a belt'sander sage to come to my aid!!!

You mean some fool who has bought several of them? You can do pretty good work on a HF 1" x 30", but using good belts is the key. It will run smoother with good belts. And the HF sanders vary a lot. My old one is smooth, but my newer one is rough. The Delta is just a bit smoother. Stay away from the Chipping Away. It is the roughest of them all. The best one I have tried so far in the the 1" belt size is the Kalamazoo. It is simple, smooth and quiet. The platen is awkward to install and remove, but overall, I like it the best so far. Smooth is important when doing a pretty convex edge. I used the new Kalamazoo 1 x 42 to do this convex edge on my new Busse.