Yeah I was looking for bladesmiths in my area that maybe I could check out their shop and learn some stuff from and he popped up as local. Googled him for his website and the article was third link down.
I don't know how fast news travels from where I live to the knifemaking community but I thought y'all might want to know that Blackie Collins died this past wednesday while riding his motorcycle at i20 and hey 178 here in sc.
Here's the article...