How It Started

My journey into making started with my father.
When he passed in 2020, he left behind a blade — unfinished, without a handle. I knew I needed to complete it, but that simple goal became something much bigger. What began as learning to make knife handles turned into a full dive into knifemaking itself.

I still haven’t finished his knife. Now that I have the skill, I’ve spent more time thinking about what it should be — what materials to use, how he might have done it. I’ve started making copies of that knife to give to some of his friends and his brothers. Once that’s done, I’ll finally complete his. The blade will be his, and the handle will be mine.

Along the way, making sheaths for those knives led me to leatherwork — and I found I loved it. What started as sheaths turned into wallets, and soon I was hooked. I can only make so much before I need to fund more projects, so I decided to open this site. It lets people request commissions and see what I’ve built.

For knives, I use a dedicated heat-treating oven to bring out the best in both carbon and stainless steels. These are stock-removal blades — no forge work, just precision shaping, grinding, and finishing. I make sheaths in leather or kydex, and sometimes hybrid versions of both.

For leather goods, I work mostly with full-grain hides — Horween, Wickett & Craig, and other premium tanneries. Everything is hand-stitched using a traditional saddle stitch, which lasts far longer than any machine seam. Even if a thread breaks, the rest stays locked in place.

Wallets made this way are built to last a lifetime — the leather only grows richer with age. I don’t take commissions for things I haven’t made before, so new designs like bags will come in time. Every piece I make is built by hand, at my own pace, with patience and purpose.