Because I am known both on a business level and a personal level in the community and have many visit my profile in either role, I have made a profile to cover both roles…….. My business side…. What a great job I have! After graduating with an Honours Diploma in Jewellery Arts at the top of my class and then achieving the coveted title of Graduate Gemmologist, I embarked upon a fascinating career. I have spent three decades designing and constructing fine jewellery. For many of those years I worked for myself, but when I did work for others it was for some of the finest jewellery firms with name recognition in Canada and the U.S. It has now been more than ten years since I attended my first munch. When the people there discovered that I was a goldsmith, I was immediately inundated with questions about various possibilities for kink-related jewellery. That first exposure to this demand expanded to encompass my many quality designs of rings, collars, and other BDSM-related jewellery made in precious metals. The website that I then constructed to reflect my work resulted in orders for my work that have been shipped to more than 20 different countries and nearly every state in the U.S. I am thus now fortunate enough to be able to make my living solely on my jewellery creations for the kink community. As I stated at the beginning: What a great job I have! As a businessman who values integrity and ethical behaviour, I believe that I have a social responsibility to my community customers and to society at large. As such, I contribute my time, energy and talents in a variety of ways - more often discreet than not - in aid of individuals and the local community both. My social responsibility extends to running my business in as “green” a fashion as possible in an effort to be a friend to the environment as well as to people. My personal side…… I moved my interest in and experience with kink from the bedroom to the public community approximately 10 years ago by beginning to attend munches. Shortly thereafter, I had the great good fortune to become part of the DSSG (Dominant / Submissive Support Group) organization. I benefited greatly from the accumulated decades of experience of the other members of that organization. This group no longer functions locally, but at that time we organized and ran two monthly munches (Toronto & Hamilton), a monthly play party (Hamilton), many educational workshops, and the first large-scale BDSM camping weekend in Ontario (Turkey Point). Along with my life partner, Carissa, I now host the Hamilton BDSM Mixer at the same venue previously used by the DSSG for munches and play parties: in the basement dungeon of a bar that caters to alternative lifestyles. This environment allows a unique level of openness, which no doubt helps to explain its great local popularity! I am also pleased to assist other event organizers from time to time in a variety of ways, although my contributions tend to be made quietly and “behind the scenes”, so to speak. Although Carissa and I are self-confessed workaholics which sometimes prevents us from attending as many events as we might like, we try to take advantage of the many events offered in southwestern Ontario. We especially enjoy public play, and we like to keep those DM’s on their toes with a healthy dose of edge play! I also enjoy playing with other bottoms, though, and have no problem respecting limits around this or any other type of play. Having now twice mentioned my Carissa . . . she is my loving life partner and the perfect masochistic bottom for me as a sadistic Top. When not working or playing, we are continuously remodeling a 90 year old Hamilton house which is home to us and our several pets. Carissa and I are poly-experienced and therefore appreciative of both the complexity and the value of poly relationships. Our ideal relationship structure would include the addition of a submissive female to our lives; however, we are in no hurry to do so as we are content as we are. We prefer to trust in serendipity and synchronicity rather than actively pursue or push such a sensitive type of relationship.