I ran up on this young man the other day at a golf tournament. He hand makes very nice fixed blade knives. Feel great in the hand. Check his work out:
http://www.valkyrieknives.com/
If y'all wonder what this is about...Backpacker just "upgraded" their forum software and aborted a decent community. This is a place we've used before as backup and may now become a new home for some of us. Hope we can add to the community here.