oh yeah....!!!!! I would kill to have a blade that lasts that long. I, however, use a super fine sanding stone (?) that DH gave me and I use it to sharpen my blades. It works pretty good. I usually sharpen the blades when I watch a program so I don't feel it 'cuts' into my sewing time....(couldn't help the pun). I have purchased about 3 5pk. 45mm and 60mm blade pkgs.so I'm really hoping not to have to purchase anymore for a long time. I did buy a titanium blade at WM but haven't tried it as yet. Has anyone used this type of blade??? If so, how is it? TIA!!!