I guess it depends on the Instructor. I have seen some folks pay money for that ex Delta or Spec Ops “instructor” just to hang around and hear cool stories for an afternoon.And it doesnt help that there are two versions of these: a plastic one and a kydex(?) one. The more expensive version isnt prone to being ripped off the belt. But they dont really differentiate between the models. You just see one is cheaper than the other. I think they may list a difference in materials, but there is no clarification why you would want each one. (the answer is neither, but due to the release)
Though I do have to ask this question after hearing stories like these. How would you not want to curb stomp your instructor for destroying your stuff? I cant imagine how furious those students would be to have their instructor destroy their property on purpose.
Then I have seen legitimize humble down to earth former Delta guys that do a proper knowledge dump and aren’t into the business for male groupies and Bromance
So there could be that factor