oh,and thanks for the moral support y'all!The two passions that have been a constant in my life are working with wood (mostly exotics),and knives.My dream is to get myself established,with a shop/retail space,and open up a positive avenue for young people finding themselves in trouble (first-time offenders and youth at risk).I got myself in a heap o'sh!t when I was very young,but if I'd met someone who had a venue and the desire to show me how to nurture my creative gifts,rather than my desructive side,I would'nt have spent so many years on a dark,painful,violent path.The flip side is maybe I would'nt have learned some of the things I have about myself and the human animal around me,and would'nt be so much the person I am now,but sometimes I feel I'd risk it if I could go back and do it over...I wasted many years,and incredible enery in trying to self-destruct,and caused terrible pain to a lot of people,all due to a crippled sense of self worth.I see too many kids out there heading toward that same path,and want to give them an option...