THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK

A small workshop.
A bigger purpose.

Mikale’s leatherwork and Nick’s woodworking are the first chapter of STAG. They met in the Army and are building a small workshop around useful work and personal attention.

Leather pieces in progress on the STAG workbench

BUILT ONE PIECE AT A TIME

Where we started. Where we are going.

Mikale and Nick founded STAG after serving together in the Army. Today Mikale makes leather goods and Nick builds woodworking projects. These are the products and services the workshop can offer now.

Their long-term goal is a gunshop and training facility, with Kydex work, gunsmithing, and firearms training. Current craft sales help fund that path. Those future services are not open for orders or bookings.

THE FOUNDERS

Mikale and Nick.

Mikale Gardner

Co-founder / leatherwork

Mikale Gardner

Mikale served as an Army 11C indirect fire infantryman and staff sergeant, including an Afghanistan deployment and time with the 101st Airborne. He met Nick at Fort Campbell. After the Army, he worked in controls engineering and executive protection and began studying gunsmithing. Today he makes STAG’s leatherwork, one piece at a time.

Nick Royal

Co-founder / woodworking

Nick Royal

Nick served nearly twelve years in the Army, including four deployments. He began as an indirect fire infantryman and later served as an 18B weapons sergeant in 5th Special Forces Group. Today he develops the woodworking side of the STAG workshop with Mikale.

LOOKING AHEAD

The next chapter takes time.

We are building toward Kydex, gunsmithing, and firearms training, alongside the STAG SA app. These future offerings are not available yet and will be introduced only when the business and applicable requirements are ready.