"Right now I'm bowing out..." I can only hope so.
I don't want there to be any innuendo, so I'll be clear: you're a pompous, condescending ass whose reaction to anyone making a different choice on what equipment to own is to back your ears and bray louder.
I've already explained why I went with the construction I did in other threads in which you also posted and I'm not going to explain it to you again. It doesn't seem to stick.
What really annoys me is you slandering the people who make a different choice in what kind of equipment they want to buy with their own damn money, crazy or otherwise, as being naïve and gullible and being suckered in to making a poor decision because their evaluation of their own experiences and needs is inferior to yours. There are two people in this thread who have bought 'hawks from me, one of whom just expressed he wishes to make another purchase, both of whom have said they're happy with their purchases. Do you stand by your statement that they're naïve and gullible and have bought toys rather than serious equipment because they just don't know better?
The majority of my customers are either active duty military (on three continents so far) or former military who have expressed they wish they had something like my 'hawks when they were deployed. Do you stand by your statement that they are too naïve and gullible to make an informed decision about what gear to rely on? The reason I build what I build is to serve them and their needs, and the reason I build it the way I do is to suit what they have asked me for. If you'd like to give me an e-mail address, I can put you in contact with the SEAL who commissioned the first full tang 'hawk from me so you can tell him what a bad choice he made because he just doesn't know what his own needs are.
Secondarily, and far behind the first annoyance, I'm annoyed at the innuendo slandering me as a racketeer trying to part fools from their money with overpriced toys. I must be the dumbest racketeer in history because I'm sweating too damn much for the "crazy money" people pay me for my work. I've never said someone should buy anything of mine. I put my work up with a bit of explanation and people approach me if they're interested in ordering. I'm a terrible salesman. I just let the work speak for itself. I did have one customer ask why he should buy mine rather than another specific, less expensive 'hawk on the market and I explained the reasoning behind my design and what I saw as the shortcomings in the other design. He wasn't sure whether to go with a 12" or 18" model, so I built both with different carry hardware installed on the sheaths and told him to send me back the one he didn't want. Man, what a racket that was! Sure suckered him good.
I have a challenge for you: the next time you are in 100+ degree heat with your rifle, ammo, body armor, hydration system, radio, IFAK, helmet, boots, and various other accoutrements you wear for taking a stroll around town, dodging 7.62x39 being winged your way by screaming jihadis, feel free to employ your baseball bat and fire ax as you see fit to handle the tasks before you. In the meantime, if someone very possibly going into that kind of situation feels like they'd rather have a full tang 'hawk, mine or some one else's, why don't you keep your snide remarks about their decision to do so to your own self?
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a batch of full tang tactical tomahawk blanks to finish normalizing so I can get them to my customers.
