Hello, my name is Richard B. Henn I was born in a very small town in South Florida called Florida City. My grandfather had been the village blacksmith and there were a lot of his old tools around the shop. I found that by grinding down his old files, I could make spear points and rough knives to use in my childhood world of cowboys and Indians. I moved to Key Largo when I was about 12 and my interests quickly turned to fishing and diving. I ground down old carbon steel butcher knives, added new scales and made them into "fillet" knives. I also started making "Hawaiian slings" for my friends and myself to spear fish with. When I was 14, Hurricane "Donna" destroyed our home. My Father, an old German carpenter and I, built a replacement home and my career as a carpenter and woodworker was born. more...