I'd much rather wait and get a knife with a fixed guard, than have the current version released. Unless there's metal hidden inside that guard, which I doubt....
The other specs are less important to me, even though I strongly dislike the saber grind, but the weak guard is just terrible. Not at all what I want out of knives that are marketed as hard use.
I'd rather have all three.
If I can make it dark, I can make it light.
I am Crazy Dog.