I recently decided that I would like to make my own knives after watching some knifemaking videos on youtube. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Pat of Arcadia Knives after telling a friend about my new interest in knives. Pat referred me to this site as well as a few others and even spent a few days showing around his shop and helping me create my first knife. I'm looking foward to building my own shop a piece at a time and creating some custom blades.