this will be my last post on the subject,i think i said this before? lol, i have a handmade knife to giveaway on my 2010th post and im close,so im out of posts for now,I will speak up and say i used blanks back in the day,as most of us did,it was a trial and error cheap way of learning ,i sold them as custom knives,not handmade on ebay only,from that i got a following and people loved my work,now years later i do all my work from billets and bars of steel, stock removal method,i do everything in house profiling,grinding ,forging,quenching,and h/treating,aswell as all my finnish work,i sell only sole authership knives made by me on BLADE FORUMS, i do use patterns of blades that i like that i didnt design,but most i do design,as posted above NSTRICKER is only bringing up the past to lead this to another issue ,he was trying to call me out and try to insult me,me and him have already had words about this subject,but some people are trouble and never change,im sorry if i offended anyone,any and all are welcome to come visit and work with me in my shop anytime my wife says i should live in it ,, i have done many work in progress threads on this forum and ansewered and help many people and folks who wanna learn,something i never had help with,i done it all on my own,its nice to have someone to show you the ropes and how it all comes together in the end,i have done that many times,and had many visitors to my shop,thanks everyone,and have a good night
bests bill