My, name is Greg Scott 72 yrs.. I reside in western North Carolina. Been toying with knives only a few years. Started out trying to forge blades from all sorts of stuff ( files, auto springs, old axes, saw blades, anything that would go from red to white when heated. Developed serious nerve damage from hammering. Had to sell my forge and hammers. Now buy blanks sometimes reshape, repolish and then mount handle matl. Guess one could call it knife making definitely, handle making. Any way its fun.