Alright gents, so I went back to BladeHQ on my way into work today to see what fate and self control had in store for me. Although, I did make one fatal error upon entering the store, I asked to see the SR1 Ti in Violet to compare to the SR2 Ti Violet. Huge Mistake! The Violet on the SR1 that they just got back in stock with this order was the awesome vibrant color that I had hoped it would be. There was a clear difference in the Violets between the two knives as the SR2 violet is quite a bit more subdued.
So there I was clenching my teeth and trying to decide between the two knives, the SR1 with everything that I wanted, and the SR2 with a more realistic and usable size. I work in an office environment so 4 out of 5 business days I'm forced to wear slacks and khakis and so forth. If I was able to wear jeans daily, it would have been absolutely no contest between the two, I would have picked the SR1. But again with the whole office slave and slacks in mind I asked the guy working the counter to hurry and ring me up for the SR2 before I did something stupid and walked out with both.
I was also fortunate to be able to view two different SR2's in Violet and chose the one with the earlier lock up. The awesome guy at the counter let me know that either, they only received 4 of the violet SR2's in stock initially, or they only had 4 left; I can't remember which one it was. But two of them sold yesterday. (Which means that time is short on availability).
Without further adieu, here are some crappy phone pics shot in poor lighting.
I hope to take some better pictures tonight, but don't expect anything close to the quality of the previous pictures in this thread. I'll likely do a video as well, since I enjoy doing so, regardless of what everyone else wants.