I have owned them all, Wilson, Baer, Nighthawk, and several Ed Brown's my Nighthawk was the most expensive the reason for that was that I ordered it exactly the way I wanted it complete with Ed Brown parts built in and it was built by Ron Phillips (no longer there) If you want the best of those named I would suggest to go with Ed Brown. My $2700.00 Nighthawk was built with all Ed Brown hard core parts, I find that most Nighthawks, Wilson's are overpriced. The Les Baer is the best in terms of price but the finishing leaves much to be desired when compared to Ed Browns. Any of these pistols mentioned would serve you well but for fitting, finishing and the best looking of the bunch, Ed Brown hands down, if all of these things are important to you they are worth every cent, and I would not spend $3500.00 on a 1911 unless it was a Full House custom pistol which none of these are for that kind of money, talk to Ted Yost, Jason Burton, Chuck Rogers, Paul Liebenberg they will build you a gun that warrants $3500.00 or more, but you will have a serious wait time involved. If you want to spend less than $2000.00 in my opinion at $1800 (price I was given) the Les Baer TRS is damn hard to beat, I sold one over a year ago but recently ordered a new one