Updates & Musings
March 2023: Knife Magazine cover story
I was featured in a nice article in Knife Magazine in the March 2023 issue. They talked about my historical projects, my production work, and what it's like to be [...]
Appearance on the radio with Chad Hasty
I got a chance to do a live interview with Chad Hasty about my knives and my experience on Forged in Fire. Here's the link to the podcast of the [...]
Making Knives with Historical Material
I was privileged to teach a "BLADE University" class at Blade 2022 in Atlanta about the use of historical material in knives. If you're interested in the slides, I'm happy [...]
Utility Hunters manufactured by White River
I have partnered with White River Knife and Tool out of Fremont, Michigan to manufacture my utility hunter design. My goal is to have a quality knife available at all [...]
Knife Perspective Podcast
I was on the Knife Perspective Podcast episode 46 representing the Texas and national Knifemakers' Guild, talking about my books, and generally shooting the breeze about all things knife. Here's [...]
Bowies in Knives Illustrated
Knives Illustrated published my article on four Bowie knife makers and the masters that inspire them. The text is available at the link below. https://www.knivesillustrated.com/meet-the-makers-who-keep-the-fighting-bowie-knife-alive/
BLADE Magazine Article: Frame Handle Construction
I've been doing a bit of freelance writing for Blade Magazine. My first published piece was an article on frame handle construction that appeared in the September 2021 issue. Blade [...]
Forged Tomahawks
Now that I have a power hammer to work with, I've been forging a few tomahawks from ball peen hammers. I've got hammer heads from 12oz up to about [...]
Demonstration and Public Appearance October 13/14: Silver Spur Gun Show in Lubbock
I will be doing bladesmithing demonstrations at the Silver Spur Gun and Knife Show at the Lubbock Civic Center October 13 and 14. Demonstrations will be in the early afternoon, [...]
FIF Press Coverage: Front page of the Lubbock paper
I guess they were out of regular news, because they put a story about me on the front page of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Tuesday, 9/25/18. A link to the [...]