MJ Lerch is a custom knife designer who has been encouraged by the knife making community to pursue her design interests. She has been immersed in custom knife making for a long time with her years of working right alongside her custom knifemaker husband. They would collaborate on various design elements from time to time, and that has led to her developing some of her own designs. She says she gets some of her inspiration from the "spontaneous flow of nature." MJ knows her way around a machine shop as well, after having been in charge of running production for the family owned business. When she is not busy working on her next knife design, MJ enjoys spending time outdoors, or landscaping their property. She is quite the fitness enthusiast as well with her regiment of running, biking and swimming.