A couple of years ago I saw a handmade knife at a flea market and it felt really great in my hand. The guy wanted $75 which I didn't have and wasn't about to pay,( It was worth it though.) I said to myself that I could build my own, Over a thousand or two dollars later I have made my own and saved the $75. I was in boy scouts as a kid and have always been facinated by sharp objects ( knives, axes) and old tools. That's my story.