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Good choices!

1095 is my current favorite steel to work with. I've been doing some Japanese style chef's knives and figure it's pretty close to the Japanese white steel.

Absolutely, I dont want you to think it's impossible or beyond your reach in any way. I just know how many craftsmen tend to be about their work and touchy a subject it is to try and call the shots....

Not to scare you away from this, but some craftsman might take it as an insult to be told to use someone else's material and to return an unfinished product for you to put scales on yourself, rather...