Michael Martinez and his father Baltazar E. Martinez

Michael Martinez and his father Baltazar E. Martinez have invented a number of products including the patent-pending Ultima fixed blade. Michael is a noted sculptor in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A former student of R.C. Gorman, he specializes in large-scale bronze casting. Michael's work is in private and corporate collections internationally. He is President of Group Design, Inc., and Outside the Box, Inc., wide-ranging design firms, and 360 Degrees LLC, a tactical edged weapon training organization. As a former professional runner, he still runs 16 miles a day, and has missed workouts only 16 days in the last 35 years. He is also a student of the martial arts and is an active club boxer. His father Baltazar was a mechanical engineer working on classified nuclear system design for the defense department for more than 30 years. A registered engineer, he taught mathematics for engineering design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of New Mexico.