Delivery Times for Custom Knives

Demand is high, so delivery periods are longer.

It happens a lot. A guy needs a good custom knife, and he doesn't see the exact one he wants on my Current Knives for Sale or Tactical Knives for Sale pages. He finds my site and identifies a particular pattern, style, and the details of his dream knife. He emails, I give him a general starting quote, and a delivery period.

He might be surprised to find out the delivery time is greater than a year. I feel for him. He wants a good custom knife, and he's honored me with his request, and is ready to back up his interest with his hard-earned dollars. But before I can start on his knife, I've got a hundred more to complete. Yes, at least a hundred knives are in the studio, in various stages of completion. They are all for clients who have reached me and contracted my work before him, and their projects may range from the simple to the very elaborate. Their knives may take a matter of days to complete, or a matter of years. They may be singular works, or more often nested in a batch of a dozen other orders, which all move forward in one giant step, which is efficient from the perspective of tool changes and setups. I'm very happy and they're excited about their knife being built, and the only answer is time.

I'm very thankful that decades of my hard work that have granted me enough skill and popularity to grow my business and craft. This web site alone gets over 50,000 hits a day at the time of this writing, so that should give you some idea of the magnitude of interest.

Thank you to all of you who believe in, and are patiently waiting for your completed works. Thank you to all of you who own a fine Jay Fisher custom knife. Without you, my life and edged works are simply not possible!

--Jay