Got my first Busse last night. I'm now a changed man, the ash 1 is a whopping beast of a knife which instills confidence in ones self. I'm not top bad at sharpening but this was easy about 15 min of work and it peels hair off my arm. Also at .33 thick it cuts well and better then thinner knives that I own. Thank you Busse forums of convincing me to spend the money to get one. I think I will write a full review later down the road.