Hello, well I have been bitten and even though I am wasting a lot of steel and wood I am enjoying making knives or butter spreaders is what they are more like. :lol:. I am primarily a turner and most of my work being pens but after wanting to make a knife for a long time I finally started with a 1x30 and that lasted all of 2 week. I now have a 2x72 and have made around a dozen knives.