I worked in manufacturing for many years and worked closely with the people in the machine shop. The machinists were very skilled, most having gone through years of training. A step above them were the tool & die makers. They handled the precision stuff (some of our tooling was controlled to ten thousanths of an inch) and were at the top of the food chain. They had a saying for something they'd made that they were particularly proud of: "It's jewelry!".
In looking at the pictures of the new adapter Zen came up with, I can hear those guys now. It's just a hunk of metal, but it's jewelry I tell you. Beauty and function combined. And considering the materials used and the time involved to machine it, I think it's more than fairly priced.
I'll be ordering, doing my part to contribute to the Deluge Recovery effort.