Arno Bernard Sr. is from Bethlehem, South Africa and has been making knives for 35 years. He has been a member of the Knifemakers Guild of Southern Africa for 20 years. He and his four sons manufacture knives from premium materials at affordable prices. Some of the exotic material used in the handles are warthog ivory tusk, giraffe bone, crocodile hide, prehistoric mammoth molar & mammoth ivory.