Montana born guy, been making knives with my dad since 17. I am brand new to the ABS Journey. My inspiration comes from My father. He was a knife maker from the 60's and all of his education was with a files, sand paper and wheel grinder/buffer. Anyway I had some time away from a shop with jobs, overseas sandbox fun, and getting family started. But after that like most came back because I wanted a better tool and had recently watched forged in fire. Also always had an affinity to swords.