I see work by makers that interest me enough to buy a few knives. Sometimes I see work that tells me I can get the steel I want in a design I want, which is the case with the M4 I got from Tim.
Knives are like guns for me. I try to move closer to what I think is better each iteration. Sometimes it works and sometimes not, but you never get there unless you try. Like the guns, most of my knives are working knives and get used a lot. I provide feedback to the makers I have bought them from, and sometimes it helps us both.
Edited to add for Tim:
That squirrel nutter is so close to what I have been using for the last ten years that it firs the sheath perfectly.
