Hello! This section is for anyone who may be interested in at least finding out who I am and why I got into this business venture. My name is Mark and I am currently 31 years old. I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and currently reside there with my wife.

As a kid, I was always a fan of horror films series and was quite often dressed as my favorite nightmare stalker for Halloween. When I was in high school, I stopped dressing up for Halloween but only because I was working for a local Haunted House.

Fast-forward to 2007. I was looking through a magazine that was featuring Halloween items and I saw a metal glove for sale. I had completely forgotten about my childhood interest in the glove and for some reason, that item reignited my interest.

I went online and found a metal glove that someone was selling and I was so excited to receive it, I felt like a child on Christmas Eve once again. I find it to be weird that there I was.. a 27-year old man acting giddy over a metal glove used in films to kill children. Call me morbid if you wish... but I had always wanted one just for fun (not with real blades of course).

So, it arrived. I loved it. After looking at the glove for a while, I thought, "Hey! It might be fun to make gloves of my own!" So, I looked into it. I drew up my own templates and with some help from the guy (Chris Grantner) who sold me the glove, I was ready to move forward.

I purchased a 10-foot sheet of 16 oz. copper and a sheet of 16-gauge steel. But I had no clue how to cut the metal. I had some metal shears but I was not satisfied with the results. So, I shopped around to have my metal parts cut professionally. I found a local water-jet cutting company and turned my supplies and templates over to them.

So, there I was with hundreds of metal pieces of copper and 100 steel blades. I purchased 2 dozen pairs of leather gloves and leather dye and went to work.

Struggling to become known in the glove-building hobby, I showed off my first few gloves online to help build a reputation of my own. But as I became better known in the glove-building scene, I built my own website and haven't looked back since and have tried to constantly improve at this craft.

I have been very pleased with the feedback I have been getting from viewers.

But, that's pretty much all you really need to know (as if you needed to know anything to begin with) about me. I'm just a guy, with a weird hobby, hoping to put a few smiles on people's faces and hopefully cause a few nightmares at the same time. :-)

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

Mark
Owner - Knife Gloves, LLC