Kenneth Robert Howard (September 7, 1929–September 19, 1992), also known as Dutch, Von Dutch, or J.
L.
Bachs (Joe Lunch Box), was an American 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 Howard was able to paint and letter at a professional level.