"Maybe someone like Pete can hold on to his fancy sanmai knives, but not me."

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I have actually been lucky, as well as observant, and haven't lost one of these expensive knives yet. But I can guarantee you that I will not be a happy camper if I lose my Emmerson :-)

My biggest problem losing knives was when I was a scuba diver (many moons ago). I would occasionally set them down on a rock while I was doing something on the sea floor (e.g. getting an abalone), swim off a few yards, then come back. I could never find the dang things again. It's super-easy to lose stuff under the ocean.

Pete2