In my on going shiny tools aquisition project:
I was lucky enough to get one of Matt Estlea's marking knives in his latest release. He had a lot of problems with the website being overloaded, so I had resigned myself to not being able to get a knife. But I somehow managed to get it. It arrived just over a week after purchase. There were some issues with the customs declaration, I've been charged VAT/BTW twice, I've emailed Matt, but have not yet received a reply, but did get a refund of the UK VAT.
The knife cost me £75, plus £15 uk VAT (now refunded), £8 postage, and then a further €28.90 in BTW when it arrived in the Netherlands. So this is not a cheap tool. But I've got a lot of useful info from Matt's videos, and viewed this partly as paying him for those as well as the knife.
I've not had a chance to use it properly, but so far I am really impressed by the quality of the workmanship. It feels lovely to hold, looks beautiful, and should be easy to sharp (i.e. replace the blades). It is not cheap, this was a present for myself, and I rationalised it a bit as supporting a youtuber I enjoy.
Now I just need to work out how to get a Swann Morton SM01 blade in the Netherlands.
J