David Broadwell Custom Knife #37 of 50 LCD-107 Black Micarta and Titanium Linerlock

Broadwell's interest in knives goes back to the time when he was a little boy. There are still fond memories of dressing up in his father's blue plaid bathrobe, taking up his cardboard shield with the Broadwell coat of arms, and strapping on his father's Masonic dress sword. There were dragons and dark-hearted knights to slay! For several years this interest in edged arms and tools simmered under the surface until in his mid-twenties he felt the urge to create a knife.

In 1981 Broadwell took a broken file and made his first knife. With its completion, Broadwell knew this was what he wanted to do for a living, and he worked toward that end. In 1989 Broadwell left his job as a machinist and became a full-time knifemaker. Source:http://www.broadwellstudios.com/fyi/artists-bio/