While I have always had an appreciation for knives as a kid and throughout a 24-year, multiple-deployment career with the Army it’s safe to say I have accumulated many knives over the years however, my knife-making journey started in 2019. I saw a knife that had been donated to the National Infantryman Association for a raffle that caught my attention, it was a great-looking knife, and I was curious where it had come from. I was surprised to find out that it came from someone local so I called them up to see if I could see more of their work, found out that he offered knife-making classes, and immediately signed up for one. I made my first knife at The Ogre’s Forge with Joshua O’Crowley in 2019 and was hooked, I kept showing up at his shop to watch, learn, make a couple more knives, and have conversations late into the night about knife making, Army stuff, and life. Shout out to Robyn O’Crowley (You Rock!) for putting up with Joshua, Rick, and I on those nights, truly cherish those memories and looking forward to many more in the future! So, what started as a class with an instructor turned into a mentor and is now a close friend and still a mentor. Many thanks, my friend!

I took everything that Joshua threw at me as a challenge and immersed myself in learning all I could about this fascinating craft of knife making. As I continued to learn I slowly started adding pieces to my shop, the byproduct of this was that my skills grew as my shop grew. It was at this point I decided to go all in and became a member of the American Bladesmith Society and attended the two-week ABS Introduction to Bladesmithing class with ABS Master Smith Tim Potier at the New England School of Metalwork in beautiful Auburn, Maine in early 2022. I followed that up with an intermediate knife-making class with ABS Journeyman Bladesmith Ben Breda, learning under such talented bladesmiths was an inspiration to continue to push myself to become better at this craft. Never one to stop learning I have plans to attend more classes in the future to continue evolving my knowledge and skills.

While currently, knife making is my hobby, it is a hobby that I have developed a great passion for. In the journey of learning this craft, it became very clear to me that there are three critical elements (hence the triangle in the logo) to making a high-quality custom knife, starting with correct steel selection, then correct heat treatment (quenching and tempering the steel), and finally correct edge geometry. If one of those elements is missing… you have a knife-shaped object that may not perform a task when you need it the most. I take pride in being able to perform the different aspects of making a knife and strive to make the next knife better than the last one.

Thanks for stopping and looking at the site, please contact me if you would like to discuss your custom knife.