I’ve always had a passion for the outdoors. Everything from hiking, boating, hunting and fishing. I’ve also always enjoyed building and working on things such as: tying my own flies, fletching arrows, and glass-bedding rifles. I inherited an old PAL leather stacked handle hunting knife from my grandfather. It had broken tip and needed a new sheath. In 2008 I took it to a local knifemaker to get the tip re-ground and a leather sheath built. The knifemaker became a friend also my mentor. I’ve been making knives and using them in the outdoors ever since.