A native of Menlo Park, Steve Beckley started his training as a bow maker with William Salchow in New York. After two years he returned to the Bay Area to perfect his skills with Boyd Poulsen. Since 1986 he has been making exceptional bows here in the bay area and for the last 22 years in Little River California on the Mendocino coast. His bows have become enormously popular with musicians both in California and all over the country.