Yeah, spot on, Tim.
It pretty much depends on what drives a person to purchase the knife.
Like a car:- do you buy the Ferrari to cruise the beaches, or the Corolla to get you from point A to point B cheaply and reliably?
Or maybe you've got one of each in the garage.
Personally, I see modern custom knives as collectables, just as are jambiyas, keris, pesh kabz and so on.
I prefer the ethnic stuff; others prefer the work of modern custom makers.
Where it can get a bit unstable is where you buy a custom maker's knife to do the job of a tool; if that maker has produced what he sees as a collectable, it gets a bit hard to justify big dollars for what the buyer sees as a tool.
And yes, that is a seriously nice kard.
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