.....I chalk it up to axe snobbery.
Personally, I don't understand the need to spend a $100 plus on little more than a hatchet.
I understand that point of view.
But...another is that using a Menefee to take your critter apart is more pleasing than using a Buck...to some anyways.
Using an axe, drinking Bourbon, driving a vehicle, shooting a shotgun...the same comparison can be made for nearly all of the things that we use.