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Do you seriously think so? You think people are commissioning ~$10k 'cross bikes as wallhangers? Really?
You'd be forgiven (or perhaps not) for forming the same preconception about this bike, but guess what - it gets ridden practically every day, on the trails it was built for. When you get to this level of handmade bikes, it's a pretty small world. Go out riding with any fashionable* builder or shop in the US and you will almost certainly see 'internet famous NAHBS wank' being ridden properly.
*Think what you like about current fashion versus decades of hard-earned reputation, these are the bikes that are filling your screen daily. It works the same on both sides of the pond. I genuinely think framebuilding is in an amazing place right now.