Thanks JD, that's a good way to think about it. I really hadn't thought about what styles are looked favorably upon until I started to read on this forum. I just didn't want to back my self into a corner being the strange guy who made all the "weird" test knives. <img src=' http://www.americanbladesmiths.com/ipboard/public/style_emoticons//smile.gi f' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />