Hi. I'm fairly new here too but there seems to be some real skilled folks here who are willing to help so this is a great place to start.
Welcome! I'm pretty sure you came to the right place! I spend a lot of time reading posts here and that alone can teach a Newbie a lot!
Welcome! Take a look in the tutorials section: http://www.canadianknifemaker.ca/index.php?forums/how-i-made-it-tutorials.17/ Dan
Thanks everyone, so far just learning and exploring and even considering in the future to play with forging. Something about making something out of hunk of steel through heating it and beating it or just cutting and shaping seems therapeutic but right now have other $$ responsibilities maybe there is someone in my neck of the woods that will be willing to help with showing things eventually because youtube is great but sometimes you can't get a camera in the spot to see everything going on (cameras and heat and sparks from a grinder don't mix well as some videos have shown lol)