As I've posted before, I just couldn't get excited about the ASH. It's a 'tweener; not small enough for an EDC, but not big enough to be chosen over a BM or DF if I'm going heavy.

For whatever it's worth, I think that you got about as good as the ASH in your Yard Guard. The SS4 is a "must have", best of breed blade, and lots of folks love their Skelly Wardens. If you paid about the same for the YG + SS4 as you would've for an ASH, I'd say you made a good choice -- if you got all three for anywhere near the same price, then you did very well indeed.