Welcome to the yard. I love your taste in kives, it is like mine but with class and cash. I think the patina you have applied looks perfect and I would never guess it was not the way it was supposed to look if you had not have told us. It matches the forge finish very well. The photos are first rate as well. Mine are terrible and I am sure everyone is tired of seeing my marpat living room carpet.

You picked a great time to visit the yard as I have it on good authority(my wild [censored] guess) that the next knife will be the Dogfather LE. It would be the perfect segue way between your BR and your beautiful customs. It will have the very usable
and shock absorbing Res C handle but with a beautiful shiny limited edition blade.

Your japanese custom is going to be my screensaver for the next little while. I love the Hitachi steel and wish we could get it here. The specs on the Hitachi blue are incredible.