brownie,
Yep, you and others -- I finally took the plunge.
As a pencil-neck white-collar paper-pusher, my main hobby is collecting; although I do plan to get properly educated in defensive folding knife techniques in the very near future, most of my purchases are very much lust driven.
I currently much more lust after the organic recurves of Brends, Blackwoods, and Hossms, but as a child of the eighties, I've always had a weak-spot for the angularity and hard edges of techno-industrial as well.
Your posts on the performance of the MPC, as a known Strider user and admirer, was what sealed the deal for me.
As for catching up?
I meant knowledge, experience, and skill. I'm still a newcomer to the community, with much, much to learn.
Allen
aka DumboRAT