I think it was Kees who contacted Puma to see if they would do a one off batch, but their last hollow grinder had broken down several years ago, and the grind master had retired a couple of years later.

I think the reason that artisans are overworked has more to do with renewed interest, rather than people not wanting to be craftsmen anymore.

10 years ago, the world was at the peak of consumer oriented economy. Everything was throw-away.
My first razor was a dovo shavette from a hair stylist shop, because I simply could'nt find a real straight anywhere (this was before we had internet). These days, any knife shop has at least a couple of razors.

What I see is that people are more and more going back to using tools that were made by a craftsman.
For us it is razors, but for others it is pipes, canes, clothes, ...

I don't think we are going to see gillette make straights, and perhaps we will never see commercials for straights, but the combination of being green / being cost efficient in the long run / being traditional might make it for companies like spyderco to get back in the game.