Good Luck and God's speed to you Dana!

I am a part time maker, who is hampered big time by my other
job! My "Long Term" plan is to work 6months in the Nuclear outage scene and then work for 6 mo in the knife shop! I had the great luck and privlidge of working for Jimmy Lile for 2 summers. That did it for me! I had to make knives! He was a master of his craft and a man dearly missed. I wish I hadn't been 15 and so un attentive!!!!

I dont know that I would want to be a fulltime smith, Id hate to take somthing that I am so passionate about and make it my job! I would prefer to be semi retired and make knives to pay for my trips to knifeshows!!!

Hope all goes well for you Dana. My heart soars when I se someone following their dream