[pappy]

My name is Steve "pappy" Papincak. I live outside of a little town called Weatherly, at the edge of the Poconos. I was a Master Machinist for Lucent/Agere until 2003 when I had a bad back injury. Now I am disabled. I like guns, which got me interested in engraving, knife making, and sometimes if I feel ok, I do some stained glass. I haven't physically been able to take a formal engraving course yet, but I feel well enough now to travel, and hope to take a class at Ray Cover's this fall. Thus far (about 2 years on and off) I've been learning on my own. I'd like to thank Steve for this forum and all of the people who contribute to it. Hopefully, sometime in the future, I will know enough to contribute too!