I've been a career firefighter for over 17 years and worked part time as a CrossFit coach. But my mind is always racing with projects. I really found an outlet for my creativity around Halloween 2006. I wanted to build a Ghostbuster Proton Pack with lights and sounds. I learned everything on the fly and was really successful. That kicked off my hobby of building movie props for myself and collectors. My biggest accomplishment was being the Prop Master on a small independent film and selling some of my work to a certain Myth Buster.

But when a CrossFit client invited me to his forge, I was fascinated by it. I knew this was a new path for my creativity. I will occasionally build movie props and take commissions (especially around Halloween) but forging is where my heart is.

I chose to name my forge "The Ghost Forge" because I'm a big fan of all things spooky and supernatural, especially ghosts. I try to put a spooky spin on anything I can in the shop. For example see my Friday the 13th respirator mask and the "Teeth Knife" in the gallery.