I remember at a young young age being drawn to my father's workshop and we would spend hours there making weapons and knives together. I think I've always kind of been that kid that loves the outdoors, that loves weapons, that loves working with my hands. And I really love that about living in Colorado, like this is God's country. It's interesting how each phase of my life has kind of set me up for success for the next phase. For 12 years I swam competitively through college, pushed myself to my limits. That really prepared me little did I know for the Navy. And once I was in the Navy realized I want to be a Navy SEAL. In the SEAL teams I used a lot of different types of knives. One of the things we like to do is test out different types of gear and our knife is essential to our loadout. And so I would try a lot of different knives and I was putting them through a gauntlet of tests. And none of them were really to the level that I needed until one of my buddies in the SEAL teams introduced me to the Crambit knife. And I was a little skeptical at first, but I realized not only is this a great self defense knife, but it's an amazing multi-purpose tool. And now it's honestly an extension of my body. If I don't have it, I feel naked without it. That's another great thing about the Crambit knife is if I'm traveling overseas and I can't carry a gun on me, I can't check a gun, I can certainly check this and feel very safe with my Crambit. Almost as if I had a firearm with me. Through all my experiences I've really realized how important it is to always have a knife on me. And now being one of the owners of Crambit.com I'm excited for our future to share my passion to share this knife with the world. My drive to succeed in my life has always pushed me to my limits. Being a Navy SEAL, being the best dad that I can be, being a great husband, and now as a grown man I still look forward to every year going with my dad up to the boundary waters going on fishing and camping trips together. Traditions to me and my family are really important. And I wanted to make sure that I was able to carry on the tradition that my grandfather had with me, my father had with me, and now I have with my own boys. My son just got his first pocket knife and teaching him knife safety and whittling with him and making tools and weapons just brings me flashbacks to when I was a kid growing up in my father's workshop and incantating it with my grandfather and being side by side with them and kind of carrying on that legacy is huge for me. you