Awards

1990 - Blade Magazine Award for Best New Maker - Knoxville, Tenn.

1993 - Opryland Custom Knife Show - Nashville Tenn.-  Best Straight Knife

1993 - Grand American Custom Knife Show - St. Louis MO. - Best Fighter

1993 - Grand American Custom Knife Show -  St. Louis MO. -Best of Show

1994 - Shenandoah Knife Collectors -  Harrisonburg VA. - Best Custom Fixed Blade

1995 - Shenandoah Knife Collectors - Harrisonburg VA. - Best Custom Fixed Blade 

2001 - American Bladesmith Society - Atlanta GA - .W.F. "Bill" Moran Award for Knife of the Year.

2001 - Spirit of Steel Show - Mesquite, Texas. - Best Fixed Blade

2002 - Shenandoah Knife Collectors - Harrisonburg VA. - Best High Art knife of the Year

2002 - Esposizione Internazionale Del Coltello - Milano, Italy. " Miglior Lama Fissa"   International Exposition of Cutlery, Milan Italy. Best Fixed Blade.

2003-2004  American Bladesmith Society, "Chairmans Award for Outstanding Service"

2005 - Shenandoah Knife Collectors - Harrisonburg,VA.- Best Custom Folding Knife

Honors

1988 - Ducks Unlimited Recognition for helping to preserve the future of Waterfowl in the wild by donoation of numerous handmade items sold at auction over many years including knives and a handmade Joesph Manton style Flintlock Shotgun in a wooden presentation case with accesories.

1990 - Recieved The Governor of Maryland Accomendation for Outstanding Achievement as a Maryland Artist

1992 - Received J.S Rating in the American Bladesmith Society

1994 - Received Mastersmith Rating in American Bladesmith Society

1994 - Attained Voting Status in American Knifemakers Guild.

1997 - Wild Turkey Federation - Received recognition for helping to preserve the future of the American Wild Turkey by donations of knives and other handmade items that raised funds by sale at auction.

2001 - Became member of Corprazione Italiana Coltellinai.  Italian Knifemakers Guld.

2005 - Honored to be chosen to make the American Bladesmith Society   "Master Folder for 2005"

2005 - I was given the title "Maestro" by Corprazione Italiana Coltelliani

Examples or my work on display in in two museums.

English Long Clip on Display in Brazil

South Western Bowie on Display in Little Rock Arkansas in the A.B.S. section of the Arkansas Territorial Restoration Museum