Thanks again for all the replies. I am really impressed by the Hossom Bowie shown above, as well as all the Hossom blades I've now seen in some of the enries over the past few months. True works of art. Xrayed: thanks for the information, as well as the e-mail. You make one hell of a knife yourself. Are you in the business of knife making, or do you do it just as a hobby for yourself?