Dustin Hill - Burkett Family Custom Knives, Burkett Customs

Dustin Hill is a 20-year service decorated retired Police/Narcotic/K9 handler who is also a master rescue recovery diver, who still does underwater dive rescue body recovery.   "After being diagnosed with PTSD from my career needed to make a change.", Dustin explained.  He already had a small business making knives for police and military and at the time was making 1911 firearm grips by hand, but he knew there had to be a way to expand on his craft.  "I did hours of research and spoke to many companies trying to decide on a CNC system that would meet my needs.  I was drawn to STEPCRAFT, because they treated me like a member of their family from the very first phone call. They were fast to respond to all my needs and the multi-functionality of their CNC systems gave me the ability to do much more than simply cutting materials," Dustin went on to say, "I have never worked with a company that provided the level of support and genuine caring for me as the customer that the team at STEPCRAFT."