Hey! I'm Jacob.
Honestly, I'm not sure how to start this. I'm a simple guy. I married my high school girlfriend. We've been together for over 10 years now. We welcomed a little boy into this world in August of 2023. We named him after my grandfather-- a family name. Lescoe. Les, for short. As Les grows up, I hope to include him in the business in as many ways as possible. If you get a drawing in your package, take pride, because that bad boy is authentic.
My full-time job is being a paramedic. It's something that I love (even if I bitch about it) and will probably continue to do, even if this Novox stuff takes off. That said, if you get an email response at 0300, now you know why.
What brought Novox to be?
I always like telling this story! So, before Les was born, I was saving to buy a CZ Bren 2. I would've already had one, but right before I was ready to buy, GarandThumb's video about them dropped. So all the sites with the good pricing went out of stock overnight. I was pissed, tbh. But I had the itch, and I am nothing if not impatient. I'd always wanted a PCC and I am a CZ simp, so I snagged a CZ Scorpion 3+ instead. The thing is pretty sweet, despite that whole OOB thing they're prone to.
Of course, the next step is wanting to suppress it. I've seen the integral options for the Scorpion before, so I did a little bit of research into them and found that the 3+ model is not user-installable. On top of that, it's pretty damn pricey. That sucks. Well, I'm the type of person who always thinks, "Could I just do that myself?". With that in mind, I started thinking about the feasibility of doing a form 1 integral Scorpion build. As I thought about it more and more, I started to think of the downsides of an integral suppressor. I also started to consider how to get around them.
Now, I'm no engineer. Not by a long-shot. I've always loved physics and sought to learn more about it, but I've never taken a class for anything other than bio-sciences. Luckily, I have quite a few engineer/machinist friends who are (in my opinion) absolute geniuses. So, one night (April 23, 2024. I never delete texts lmao) I'm rocking Les to sleep and I shoot a text over to my buddy V, who runs 3dprintfreedom.com . "Hey... Let's design an integral scorpion 3+ suppressor and take it to SHOT next year." He was exactly as enthusiastic as I'd hoped he would be, and we pretty much immediately got to work. He'd answer questions regarding different hypotheses I'd come up with on stimulant-fueled-late-night-drives, and I got to work on teaching myself CAD. Since then: I started my own FFL/SOT because I'm not paying a tax stamp on every prototype. My ambulance partner and dear friend Nich has been a backboard for me to bounce a TON of different ideas off of, helped me build this website, and graciously donated his yard for me to magdump into trash. I accidentally met a mutual friend from a 3D2A group, Husker, who has grown into what I consider another very dear friend. He gives me advice on machining and has even gone as far as helping out with some of the CAD for my initial project. Finally, I should mention EngArm (John of Engineered Arms). I cannot say enough nice stuff about that guy. Twice now, he has extended open arms for a fantastic time with his collection, and he continually refuses to allow me to adequately pay him for it. He has treated me as if we were family, and I am eternally grateful for all the good times and FFL advice he has given me so far.
All of this to say, none of this would have made it even REMOTELY close to this point if even one of those friends listed above weren't in my life. This may be an "about me", but without them, this wouldn't even need to be written. I'd never have given myself a reason to actually pursue an 07/02 like I'd always dreamed, I definitely wouldn't have figured out the necessary dimensions for the strength I need, I'd have never gotten prototypes done, and I DAMN SURE never would've gotten a booth at SHOT show. But with them, I have. For me to reach all of these huge milestones in something I'd never really thought possible, I was carried on the shoulders of friends who would never dream of asking for anything in return. I hope to show them how thankful I am, someday.