So did you buy one?
Not yet, but that Little Whiskey looks like it might have my name on it soon. It would not be the most expensive I've owned to be honest and if you think the common man can't afford it, then head on over to Blade Forums - there are tons of common folks into custom knives and they don't mind using them if they paid that much for them in the first place (I use all my knives).
If you choose not to carry a knife that expensive then that's cool - do your thing, but Bill doesn't have any trouble selling his knives so I don't think he needs a lecture in his knife thread and I'm pretty sure you aren't correctly speaking for "the common man" when you assume that everyone has the same set of priorities you have. This is the knife sub-section, so naturally, there are going to be people who are into knives and as such are willing to spend more on their hobby than others. To a lot of folks, the $50 knives you talked about are far too expensive.
I'd never look down on someone for carrying a budget knife, and I wouldn't post on a message board in somebody's thread about how their knife is no longer functional as a cutting tool because of a factor such as how much they paid for it - that honestly seems kind of rude, man.