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 I was born in 1978 in Essex and grew up in Hertfordshire where I lived until going to university in 1997. I studied sport science and management at Nottingham Trent, graduating in 2001 and decided I’d stay here rather than move back to Herts. I worked as a doorman for over 8 years, in addition to being a fitness instructor/personal trainer and a stint in the Royal Marines. Its hard to pin-point the start of my love affair with knives. I have always held a fondness for the outdoors and thanks to my Father have enjoyed fishing and shooting from a young age. This probably facilitated my first encounter with ‘mans iron claw’ and catalyzed by 80’s action movies and a vivid imagination, my interest was born. For many years I simply bought cheap knives that I liked the look of, in the days before the internet it was nigh on impossible to find like-minded, knowledgeable people. Once the web arrived, things changed and I was introduced to the world of quality production and custom knives. Well, my pocket money soon ran out and I couldn’t afford to sate my appetite for all the pretty knives I was seeing, so it seemed a natural progression to start making things for myself. I started making sheaths, but soon that wasn’t enough. Encouraged by other knife makers (thank you Scott Hardy), and no doubt helped by inheriting some of my Mothers artistic talent and my Fathers practical know-how, I made my first blade from an old file in 1996. I made the whole thing with a 6” bench grinder and charcoal forge, unable to stop, I worked into the small hours of the morning to finish it and I still have that knife today. The feeling of satisfaction at creating a working tool with my own hands was quite something, and despite many initial hiccups, I’ve not stopped since and its led me to the point I’m at now. |
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