About to journey down this rabbit whole of knife making. Have some experience with micro machining, looking for another area to explore of the metal arts.
Welcome to the tea party Alice. It's a mad world but there's a lot of satisfaction to be had when it all goes right.
Yes - welcome. Good to see new people joining. It's a great forum with lots of helpful members. I grew up in Owen Sound so not too far from you and get back every summer. Lot of good knifemakers in your area but if you get a chance you might want to try and connect with Stephen Vanderkolff ( http://www.vanderkolffknives.com/ ) out of Mildmay.
It is. I had a chance to connect with him though one of the other forums (he had a similar Wilson hardness tester) and it was really positive. We've never met but he invited me to drop in if I was in the area. Unfortunately I haven't been able to make that happen but I'm still looking forward to it. Good luck Dave