I had heard he passed and couldn't believe it, he was a unique and knowledgeable man. I very much enjoyed his videos and learned a great deal. Few of us have used knives as much as him, the wealth of knowledge lost is only slightly softened by his generous gift of teaching and sharing of videos. So many hours spent sharing his thoughts and findings, opinions and humor, he will be greatly missed. The knife world was made better by him and is darker now. So young with so much left to teach....