Hey - first I love your attitude. You keep me laughing. Nothing is ever perfect, not really (except, of course, each of our prowess as lovers...).
I can't make habaki. So - I am just passing on that a lot of people consider that the width to length ratio should be around 3 to 1. I don't know if that really matters in this application. I don't like a lot of rules, either.
also - I REALLY like this knife. the ferrule/cap with collar looks just fine to my redneck eye.
kc