I
have been an avid outdoors man and wood worker since before I was a
teen. The first woodworking job I ever had was straight out of high
school doing production craft projects in Ithaca New York. Wanting to
travel and see more of the world I decided to join the US Army in
1981. After a four year term of being stationed in Alaska, Georgia
and a few temporary duties stations. I got out and moved to Santa
Barbara California and went to work in construction, but I wanted to
do more of the finer things so I worked for a couple cabinet shops,
where I learned fine finish carpentry and cabinetry working in some
very high end homes in Santa Barbara and surrounding areas before
deciding I needed to start my own business. I started my own company
in 1990 and kept that business until 1998 when I decided I wanted to
move my Wife and son of 2 years to a more rural area and get away
from the city. We moved to Grants Pass in 1998 I worked for others
here for a little over a year and came to the conclusion I cannot
work for other people and started my business here in Grants Pass, as
a finish carpenter. In 2004 I decided to build a shop and start
doing cabinetry again here. Word got out and I had three large jobs
lined up before my shop was complete. Business was strong until I
went through a divorce and the economic down turn of 2008. I was able
to keep busy but not the level that I was use to. So recently I
decided to try other things and actually going full circle going back
to craft and smaller production type work.
I
took my love for the outdoors and started making landing nets, it
seems like a natural transition. The first were nice but I wanted to
make the finest net money could buy. A net that not only was
beautiful to look at but be very strong and be built to last for
generations. I put a few pictures on Facebook and got orders
immediately.
They
are done in a small production run of 10 -20 nets at a time, but no
two are alike.
I
am also building laminated wood fly boxes, fly tying stations, and so
far for my own use, traditional long bows.
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