Updates & Musings
Lone Star Knife Expo pre-show display
I have signed up for a table at the Lone Star Knife Expo at Market Hall in Dallas, TX April 13-14. The website with the show info is www.lonestarknifeexpo.com I [...]
March 2013 Texas Monthly
I was blessed to have a knife published in the March 2013 issue of Texas Monthly magazine. The author, Kristie Ramirez, contacted me while we were in the middle of [...]
Raise up a child
Proverbs says "Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Along with faith, hunting has been a [...]
Llano Deer Hunt 2012
My friend Chris Rylander and I first had class together in third grade. By fifth grade, he'd invited me hunting at his ranch. We've hunted 23 out of the last [...]
No Weld Grinder
After four years of grinding with a 2x42 Craftsman, I finally finished my "big boy" knife grinder. Back in January 2012 I bought the frame from another knifemaker who fell [...]
A few words about knife design
I have probably 100 pages of knife sketches. Especially when I was starting out, I drew knives all the time. It is an interesting study to see how the designs [...]
Vine Filework
The vine and thorns filework pattern is one of the more popular filework patterns. Almost every knife maker attempts it at one point. After I'd done it a few times, I [...]
How I Etch My Name
I remember when I was trying to figure out how to mark my knives, there wasn't much out there on the internet other than expensive stamps or electric etching machines. [...]
How I Build A Knife
I learned to build knives mostly by trial and error, and by reading all kinds of material online. It seems there is a lack of simple tutorials, so I thought I'd make [...]
Llano Legend
I've deer hunted with my best friend for nearly 25 years in Llano, TX. His place provides the inspiration for this model, the Llano Legend. A great hunting and skinning [...]