BJL brother, Bill Lenz is a jewelry maker; biker; tattoo enthusiast; bodybuilder and Buffalo boy who comes from a good, hardworking, creative stock in the USA. The former Mr Buffalo Novice 1984 has traveled extensively, from building movie sets in Los Angeles, and working as a bodyguard in the 1990s, to living in Japan for five years and learning about the culture. But back in 1984, he decided he wanted to try his hand at jewelry making.



Picking up the phone, the clerk called a jeweler in the Root Building down the street. "Listen. I'm going to send a guy over who has some questions about jewelry making. You're not going to want to let him in when you see him. But go ahead. He's okay." So Lenz went down Chippewa, up to the 5th floor of the Root, and met an elderly jeweler named Norm Resman. He buzzed Lenz in as advised, and there he was, setting stones, with a table full of diamonds in front of him. Resman listened to what Lenz had to ask about making a ring and gave him a hunk of wax, telling him to carve it to look like what he wanted and then bring it back so he could inspect the work.


