I am quite impressed with the SY production paradigm. While we would all love to be able to purchase every knife we want at any time we choose, it makes complete sense to manage production efficiently based on preordered quantities, warranty stock and a fixed capacity. The only way to pull it off is via customer retention, which the Yard seems to have perfected. I am new, but very excited to be a part of this group (soon with the S5(s), and hopefully the Regulator(s), and hopefully many more to come.

I missed out on some of the other models that were produced before I ventured into fixed blades and thus The Yard, but that is life, and like others have said, it is far richer to enjoy what we have versus envy what we don't.