Thanks very much!

I use exclusively scrap materials. I test before using for hardness, have had a lot of my early work Rockwelled to give me an understanding of what the various types of material demand for heat treatment. I made a bunch of knives for servicemen during GWOT and they wound up all over the globe.

For handles I use mountain maple and choke cherry I cut and pack out of the surrounding mountains here and have seasoned for years, then hardwood scraps from oak flooring and of course elk horn and stacked leather washers.