When I saw "currant quandry" in the title, I thought this was a thread about fruit.

Seriously, though, to answer your current quandry, buy the tank if you want it. If you don't think you'll wear it enough to justify the cost, get someting like a Stillwater standard, instead.

My first kilt was (and is) a $600 tank. I put off buying it for years and finally justified the cost by getting it for my wife upgrade (second wedding). Since then, I've found several occasions on which to wear it. I later added an inexpensive kilt.

Live like you want to live, young lady.