Kenny Howard

Who was Kenny Howard?

Kenneth Robert Howard, also known as Dutch, Von Dutch, or J. L. Bachs, was a motorcycle mechanic, artist, pinstriper, metal fabricator, knifemaker and gunsmith. His father, Wally Howard, was a Los Angeles sign painter; and, by the age of ten, the young Kenny Howard was able to paint and letter at a professional level. The Von Dutch nickname was intended to mean "stubborn as a Dutchman".