didnt know ron personally. i ordered a hawk from him in the early 70's, i believe i paid around $50. beautiful piece of work. a few months later i got another catalog from him.... sticker shock. he had crossed out the printed prices and put in new one... example- the hawk that i had previously purchased was now 10 times as much, $450 as was everything else in his catalog.... contacted him cause i thought it was a mistake. the reply was " i made the hawks for the johnson movie, and now i'm a hawk maker for hollywood and those are the prices" go figure.