If you're in Seattle woodcraft down in Georgetown has some knife blanks from a few different companies. They have a kid down there who is pretty knowledgeable on the different manufacturers they carry and he teaches a class.
I picked his brain almost an hour one day and made a knife from one I bought there. I've been happy with the steel, just not my work lol. It's a lot of fun though and when you tell people you made it they always think it's cool.
