I had heard the Ron Skaggs had retired and was not taking new work. He emailed me today to say he would like to keep in touch with the Randall Knife world and was going to continue to take knife work.
Ron is not only a fantastic artist, but a really cool guy. A lot of people don't know it, but he is an award winning wildlife carver too. I've seen a few of his ducks that are nothing short of amazing.