As much as I want that set... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I think I'll show a little restraint at this time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hopefully make it through my bills next week and still be on track. I payed it a little closer than I like to with these last few purcahses. A reminder to self that just because you can doesn't mean that you should. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

two, one white on black g-10, one muddy on black micarta. i was gonna make the muddy the user, but i'l just stick with the ontario as the user.

Was it cool to the touch?

MM, looks like everyone scored. Awesome!
This is the best Christmas ever!

i'm in the same boat. between the wakis, all the audio stuff i just bought, and repairs i'm doing on my guitar amp and car, the belt is mighty tight. i could afford it without touching savings, but checking would be nearly gone and i like to keep at least a grand there.

sent a shiver down my spine.

the white waki is easily one of the most beautiful busse clan knives i've ever had, possibly even seen.

So many releases, so little moola.
I look at it like this, I'm glad I'm not wasting the money on some of the stupid stuff I used to get. Some of those things MM mentioned included. This is probably the healthiest addiction I've had and I don't see myself going to rehab anytime soon. Plus, I think this is one of the few where you can actually make money while getting your fix. It blows my mind.

maybe i should let my competition sarQ and hell razor go. i've put my skinny ash on the block before, but when it didn't sell i was glad, so i think i'll keep that one.

that's the thing about a collection. it's so much better together than apart.

sigh.

I just completed a trade for what I expect to be my last NMSFNO (Eight is enough). I traded a HCLE #33 to David Brown (+ cash) for an arctic white with hand-shaped G10 handles. I feel strange about the NMSFNOs -- I had disdained them as inferior to FSH while they were in "normal release". It was only after the remainders went to the Company Store that I decided to get any, then I was attracted by the tanker grays -- I ended up buying four of those (two orders of two each).

Then, I saw one in bama clay with hand-shaped tan micarta at Knob Creek -- I thought the hand-shaped handles were an overpriced option, since it made that knife slightly more expensive than a FSH with hand-shaped G10 I also bought, but I had a thing for bama clay so I bought it. Next, I got a green with black hand-shaped micarta on BladeForums; it's a great knife and I got it for less than retail, and who doesn't love a deal? Then, I'm surfing eBay and come across an arctic white with black hand-shaped G10 -- that's my FSH combo, and I picked it up for nearly the same price I paid for the bama clay, but G10 was another ($60?) upgrade on top of the $60 hand-shaped upgrade, so I couldn't pass it up. Finally, I saw David's in the same configuration on BladeForums. With the HCLE considered at retail, the deal wasn't quite as sweet, but I think it was fair for both of us. HC handles don't feel great to me, so in effect I was trading something that I was less than thrilled with for something I knew I'd like a lot better; David's collecting #33 LEs, so I imagine he's happy with the deal too.

Where I'm going with this is that I went from thinking that NMSFNOs basically weren't worth owning, to buying 8 for just over $2900 (including shipping) in 5 months, leaving me feeling just a bit conflicted. It didn't seem like quite so much at the time, but they do add up.

i just noticed i now have more rats than busses. not sure i like that. no logical reason, just feels wrong.