Morning fellas.
Toughthumbs...man I can tell you I actually didn't mind that dude but his work just isn't for me. I am not of fan of pimping...I am a lover of clean, simple designs. Overly milled scales, acid washes and rocky looking stuff just turns me off. Rocky isn't the word...more like Aggrocrag-esque (Nickelodeon Guts reference). But to each his own and if you like it, then ya like it. But there is nothing he can do to improve upon say a para2 or a ZT Hinderer...at least to me there isn't.
Now as for custom stuff, at the New York Custom Knife Show last October, sticky and I saw some stuff from Jürgen Schanz and if I've ever been impressed by custom work...it was his stuff. Elegance and function in one package.