RUSTY HELMS unknowingly began a love for knot tying and working with rope when he was a Boy Scout as a youth. An Eagle Scout, he has been a BSA adult leader for over 26 years and a member of the staff of an annual “Marlinespike Skills” knotting course for 17 years after completing MSI and MSII himself. A member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers (serving on its Executive Committee for over seven years), he is a past president, Treasurer and 11-year Board member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers – North American Branch. Rusty is a long-time woodworker, handyman and all round tinkerer. He is a member of the Central Indiana Woodworkers and enjoys making toys for its annual efforts to make 10,000 toys to be given to appreciative children in the central Indiana area through various charitable agencies. Rusty enjoys many areas of woodworking including toy making, box making, turning and scroll saw work among others. He enjoys designing projects and jigs. He sustains his work with rope and wood by working full time as a CPA and owner of J.R. Helms & Associates, P.C., an accounting firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and his wife live nearby in the country and enjoy spending time with family which includes their two married children, their spouses and five grandkids.