That's the nature of the beast in MMOs, sadly. The lore treats you as the only one with that weapon, though, and with all the color options and skin variations, I trust that you won't see too many people with your silver-and-gold Ashbringer, for example. I also suspect this particular issue will lead to a lot of people transmogging over their Artifacts for the sake of avoiding seeming too samey.
Be seeing you guys on Bloodsail Buccaneers NA!
Closing this as there is another thread with the same exact topic that is more generally about the quote than hunters.
"...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it."