Of course I would buy one. As odd as it may seem, I collect machetes. I don't know how most other folks would feel about a $100 + machete. Right now, I think Condor has the best ones on the market, and even those cost several times more than the very good Tramontinas. A machete with differentially tempered SR101 steel and a Resiprene C handle would be the Cadillac of machetes.