Since childhood, I have expressed myself through art. I have used many different art mediums from drawing to sculpture in wood, bone, stone, and steel. Though I enjoy and appreciate many forms of art, I find knife-making the most appealing and satisfying creatively. When I was a child, I cut sections out of a long metal ladder that belonged to my grandmother. I thought I could forge these into a blade using a claw hammer and a concrete block for an anvil. That unsuccessful attempt kept my blades on paper and in wood until I was in high school at which time I began to forge 1/8 inch drill rods into miniature knives.
In February 2001, I was encouraged by my grandmother and my wife to attended the Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing. There, I learned the basics of forging and heat treating. Since then I have studied the art of bladesmithing as a full time occupation. I received my Journeyman Smith rating through the American Bladesmith Society in June 2003.
I live with my wife, Shelly, our two children, Tristen and Tigerlily and my grandmother, Myrtle, in the Four Hole Swamp area of Dorchester County in South Carolina.
If you are interested in more about me, you can read Anthony Lombardo's article in the May 2006 issue of Blade Magazine.