Mike,
Dave is not that far from you. He's a great guy. As you can see, we only have 2 Smiths in our state.
http://www.americanbladesmith.com/in...&fk_group_id=6
You can see here the testing program JS, and MS smiths have to submit to.
http://www.americanbladesmith.com/in...n=pages&id=172
This will give you an idea of the destructive testing to become a J.S.
http://youtu.be/nqlce5_NvCM