Sounds like if it is going to be a Vol event, we should just get Patrick, James and Jeff to just come up here.
James is one of those guys who should have been born in the 1700s. Amazing instructor, real life ninja (trained by Masaaki Hatsumi), and one of the best guys you will ever meet. Many of his "old" knife designs are currently copied and viewed as innovative by new makers. He is a decent musician as well.