Story to follow.<br><br>As a teaser...<br>Chris Reeve's wife is very, very nice.<br>Tim Wegner is extremely personable and will talk your ear off about elk hunting, which I very much enjoyed.<br>Busse is coming out with a new line of serious price point fixed blades under the name Swamp Rat and mirror his premium line. He will be marketing a folder and the veiled hints are that the project is pretty far along... but don't hold your breath.<br>S30V is THE new steel and everyone is scrambling for it. All of the big name custom guys think highly of it.<br>Stryder knives are seriously hard core. I mean you get a major adrenaline rush just holding one.<br>Rob Simonich is a really cool individual and makes very, very serious blades<br>Did I mention how sweet Chris Reeve's wife was? She remembered my name two hours after first meeting. Their knives are simply devine.