The Humble Beginning of "Jesters Toybox": Showing up hours before the show and known as "The Jester", I found myself walking around the vans, cars, and makeshift booths surrounding what was to be one of the last Grateful Dead concerts in the northeast. Amidst the smoke-filled fields (tobacco smoke of course), mushroom seasoned mindsets, and tie-dyed frenzy, they came upon a man who, as if by magic, guided a spinning, floating stick in front of him. Thinking they must have inhaled a little too much of the smoke around them, they approached the man to take a closer look.

As you probably guessed, the supposed dread-locked shaman was nothing more than a roadie who had mastered the art of devil sticking.

After purchasing a pair and perfecting my skills with the juggling sticks, I found myself in my father´s workshop to experiment with a couple different designs. Before I knew it, I had exhausted an unbelievable number of prototypes of various sizes, shapes, and designs. In my quest to craft the perfect set of sticks, the Signature Design sticks were born. Using these home-made sticks around my small town, I found myself experimenting with even more materials, tapes, and colors, customizing sticks for my friends, their friends, and friends friends, and before I knew what happened, local retailers.

Thus, in the basement of a humble home in Massachusetts, nearly ten years ago the company that is how "Jesters Toybox" was born.