
David has been a member of the Leather Community since 1985: starting in Pittsburgh Pa,then onto Columbus Ohio and most recently in Atlanta,Georgia. David is of the OLD GUARD TRADITION where he earned his Leather under the tutelage of Master Mike Zuhl. His signature pieces are his Cover and his Gloves
David's first title competition was for the Mid Atlantic Leather 2000 contest where he proudly won the BROTHERHOOD AWARD. Later that same year he competed and won the PENNSYLVANIA MR DRUMMER 2000 CONTEST and later that same year won MID-ATLANTIC MR DRUMMER , which sent him on to win 3rd place in the INTERNATIONAL MR DRUMMER CONTEST 2000.
Since then David has judged many leather contests. He was Head Judge at SOUTHEAST LEATHER FEST in 2001 and 2002, Judge Emeritus for the Northwest Regional Mr. Drummer in 2001,2002 and 2003; and Head Judge of the Mid-Atlantic Mr Drummer in 2001. He was also Den Daddy for the International Mr. Drummer Contests for 6 years from 2001-2006 . And in 2007 he was the Judges Co-coordinator.
Currently David is the Manager at ATLANTA LEATHER COMPANY here in Atlanta and was previously the Manager at Columbus Leather Company all under the same ownership. It could be said that David lives and breathes the Leather Lifestyle.
When David has any spare time, he spends it with the most important female in his life..Stella the Wonder Dachshund,works on getting his body covered in tattoos and riding around Atlanta on his Harley! One of his most favorite quotes comes from one of his Title Boys:"Never underestimate the power of a boy !!"