Im with you on this, people want the best and are for the most part willing to pay for it, sadly people are rarely willing to wait for it.
Perfection takes time, and money, but less so the money as you can see from the ebay-woodlore phenomenon.
Some people are willing to pay twice what they would have to pay for the knife were they just willing to wait a year. Making a custom knife is all about skill and being patient, oh and the ability to explain what you really want.
Im sure that from the free-form crayoning to the finished article, as much skull sweat has gone into the design, as physical sweat. The blade looks a fantastic shape, although the handle wood is not to my taste it looks like a real user
Should I every win the lotto Ill pay off all my debts and Ill be badgering Stu to make me a custom camp knife.