And that's exactly why a lot of folks shouldn't buy a handmade knife. Sure it's their money and they can spend it as they wish, it's also their knife and they can treat it as they will but I hope most of them avoid true quality until they're able to appreciate it.
Watching someone beat up a factory-made blade as if it were just a sharpened crowbar doesn't bug me as much as it would if they were whacking away with a Randall or a Bagwell, etc.