Will Spears, the Bladesmith behind JackDog Knives, started his knife making career in 2015 working for Maynard Linder of Dancing Man Knives and Ulus in Homer, Alaska. Will fell in love with crafting unique, one of a kind knives. Over the next few years, Will made a number of knives for friends and family, slowly developing his own style and techniques. In 2018 Will started forging knives on his own under the name JackDog Knives. In 2019 Jackdog Knives moved from Homer to Ninilchik, a small village next to the Cook Inlet, where Will continued to hone his craft. In 2022, Will, Jeannine and JackDog packed up everything they could and drove about seven thousand miles and ended up in the Appalachian Mountains. It took a while to get settled, so Will got a job cooking and started working towards getting back to forging and grinding knives. Then about the time that he had finished his knife making shack they built in the woods, the opportunity to work for Baker Forge and Tool came about. Baker Forge are makers of some of the finest laminated knife making steels available and this has increased Will’s knife making motivation one hundred fold! We are very excited to see what future is going to bring!