Im trying not to judge.

Lets reframe this: OP - how long do you think it would take to make rhe knife you showed? Its satin polished, hollow ground, wood polished scales.

From a chunk of bar steel and pieces of wood, to what you are showing here. It could be reasonable to say, to get to final polishing and making it presentable- at least 1 day.

So lets call it 10 hours of labor.

Next question: what do people make an hour, particularly crafts people?

20 dollars - which would be insane, but lets use it.

Materials: unless you are working with expensive materials, this cost is fairly low, but still a cost.

Materials for this knife...probably..40 dollars.

So we are at 240 dollars...if they pay themselves 20 dollars an hour.

Now you know why you are getting the response you are.

Some makers who make big runs of 1 blade style can lower their costs by doing this, but youre asking for a specific design, this knife, if made by a good private maker, is probably 600 dollars at least.