Thanks Knoll I appreciate the kind words and will pass them on to the elves.
Thanks jeb, I kinda like using the crown end for the blade. Sometimes if the brow time is in just the right spot for my thumb gard I'll make the crown the button end. It always kinda depends on how it feels in my hand as to which end is which.
That big chunk of brown and red stuff is the first "stone" I ever bought. It's a piece of Mahogany Obsidian that Frank sold this farm boy on my first trip to Marshall. Still can't believe I'm spending good$$ on rocks.
Thanks Eddie,I certainly hope so.
Bjrogg