Brad,
...Today I am a collector. The way I see it is if I can wait four years I can wait five years. I would hate to buy a RMK and then wonder if it had been made without a Randall family member or very long time Randall cutler ever touching it. I think there is a shortage of people with the artistic ability and skills and work ethic required to expand the shop. I do feel for the people who are looking for the best user hunting or camp knife and cannot wait for a Randall but I would not want them getting priority ahead of me to get their knives. IMO the shorter wait for combat knives going to active duty soldiers is the right thing to do. BTW, there are gunsmiths and custom gun makers with similar long waits to either make or modify guns.