thanks deerwhisperer
the time to make a knife depends greatly on the type of knife. the average skinner or camper takes about 20 hours of work start to finish, plus the sheath work, more ornate work like a bowie would take about twice that. and at the extreme end theres knives Ive got about a months worth of work into, doing stuff to them like engraving the handle, doing wire inlay, tooling the sheath etcetc.
Im at my gals family right now, been gone about 4 days, so if anyones trying to contact me off list, I should be home in a couple days