My vote is for Steven Long. He has come a LONG way this year and has posted some great WIP's in the process. He has been an inspiration to me this year.
I think Brad said you could nominate yourself....regardless I'm all about the shameless self promotion. I started putting handles on blanks in July of 2013. The first pic is knife number 2 since first grinding steel probably 3 and a half months ago. A file knife. I traded it for a great, slightly used Eureka tent for my camping trips. The second pic is knife number 5, created for my first real customer. The third is knife number 6 was for a friend who said he wanted a good EDC, recently finished.