Bob Terzuola was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended New York University. In 1979, Bob began making knives and joined the Knifemakers' Guild in 1981 on an endorsement from Bob Loveless. Bob's first knives were fixed blade designs made for soldiers in Guatemala. Later that year he moved to New Mexico and began making folding knives. Seeing a need for a knife that could be carried discreetly, he developed a model featuring black micarta for the scales and bead-blasted titanium bolsters. For these Innovations in design he coined the term "Tactical Knife". Bob's Knives are known for their trademark design and high quality workmanship. The Flagship Terzuola model of knife is the ATCF, which was his first tactical folding knife. Bob now makes a large assortment of Tactical and Art knives using a wide assortment of materials. Bob has also authored a book about the design of tactical knives named, "The Tactical Folding Knife." When you hear people say that Bob wrote the book on tactical folding knives, he really did! He is widely considered to be the first the “Godfather” of tactical folding knives.