Hey Frank. I check eBay Germany often and find knives that I would like to bid on. I use a translator function to try to determine if the seller will ship to the U.S. Sometimes I can't interpret whether they do or not. What guys like me need is a guy like you in Germany that could assist in expediting transactions, i.e. Seller ships to you and you ship to us........at a fee of course. I collect German beer steins, particularly Mettlach, and I just can't chance a problem with items of value. Please forgive if this sounds like nonsense to you but I thought I would toss it out there. Appreciate your thoughts.