You got it wrong. Don't envy those guys, pity them!
Mike, IG will take good care of you. Just don't turn your back on him or his dogs and you should do fine. If all else fails, make sure you have an unopened can of beer on you at all times. If he charges, just toss the beer in just about any direction. He'll chase after it and soon forget all about you. Oh, I forgot, you're too young to have a can of beer on you. Hmmm, just keep working on making your knife, damascus, billet, whatever and you'll be ok. IG just LOVES it when people are working on knife making stuff. It's only when you screw up, waste materials, disagree with him, make something that looks like sh_t, don't eat his food (including his HT relish), aren't nice to his dogs, etc, that he turns mean. That's when the can of beer comes in handy. Whoops, there I went again.
I don't care what the girls and neighbors say about IG, he's good people! Heck, I almost had to rent a trailer to haul all the stuff I got from him and his friends while I was there. (But don't tell him. I don't think he knows it was me who took the stuff.)
If you ever get there, you'll have an absolute BLAST! And learn a bunch.