Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives
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"Thuban" with Australian Opaline Petrified Wood
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"Ghroth" Tactical/Combat/Counterterrorism Knife
Jay,
The Ghroth arrived yesterday, in good condition.
I unpacked it and my very first reaction was 'Whoa!'.My second reaction was that all my other blades just lost out to the trophy wife. Uh, trophy knife, sorry, a bit of a Freudian slip there.
The pictures did not at all convey the serious 'attitude' this blade has. It's been almost 40 years since I was intimidated by a tool.
This is not a 'duty' issue knife. It's a smirking, sinister, intimidating, PERSONAL threat, that I am so lucky to have that I feel I was blessed, or honored, or some such. Can't really find the words right off. This isn't just a chunk of stuff, it's almost alive.
Wow.
I need to spend some time gathering my thoughts, and see if I can articulate this experience more clearly.
Until I get my words under my fingertips, you will have to make do with 'Thank you'.
It's not nearly enough, but more will take some time.
Thank you.
--R.
| The best individual knife maker's site you will find on the Internet! What this website is about and how to use it |
| This site has been on the internet since 1996 |
| It has 718 pages, and over 13,000 photos |
| My Patterns Page has over 550 individual custom knife patterns, the largest in history |
| My first knife made in: 1979 (46 years experience) |
| Full time professional knifemaker since: 1988 (37 years) |
| I have a piece in the Tower of London, the only American who does. |
| I make more real gemstone handled knives than any other single knifemaker in the world, and in history! |
Tom Clancy is a name that many recognize. Tom was a friend and patron of mine, a great guy who was extremely well-versed in military history and process, and one of the greatest authors who ever lived. While the younger generation may recognize his name in the gaming and simulator field, his mastery of words, ideas, and literature was the absolute pinnacle of his genre. He wrote about many of the world's cold war and post-cold war military hardware, and I was hugely honored to have my work in his home, in his library, and as the inspiration for charitable causes. It is because of Tom that I have a piece in the Tower of London, perhaps the finest weapons museum in the world. In 1994, this is what he wrote about me and my work:
"You know, I never believed in decorous weapons until I met Jay Fisher. Where does one draw the line between a fighting knife and a work of art?
Jay Fisher is a throwback to the age when craftsmen were *all* artists, not mere producers of products, when every item that went out the door had a story and a purpose all its own, and when you went to a craftsman not because of what you wanted but because of who he was.
Jay is a guy who knows how to use the modern to serve the past. We really do make better steel today than we did a hundred years ago - the idea of cutting an ancient Samurai sword in two with a modern American knife does have its attractions - and the blend of old and new in his work is totally seamless. A knight Templar would not have hesitated a moment to take Fisher's steel on his Holy Quest. In fact, he would have thought the technological edge a gift from an especially attentive God.
I suppose that says it all. Jay Fisher is one of a kind, a man who knows the riddle of steel, and that the difference between a good weapon and a bad one is the combination of how you make it and to whom you give it."
--Tom Clancy
"Jay Fisher is the best modern knife maker around, pursuing an ancient tradition but beautifully perfecting the craft by selecting the finest man-made and natural materials. Jay Fisher makes every type of edged steel weapon, fitting the blade to it’s purpose. The world’s elite clandestine rescue and tactical squads seek his weapons. Their lives depend on Jay Fisher Custom Knives- the best quality knives in the world."
--Bernardo M. Perez
Deputy Assistant Director - Ret.
FBI Laboratory
Washington, D.C.
Named "The Best Living Knife Maker" in the 2007 Best of the West Sourcebook by True West Publications
"Many fine knifemakers exist in the world. Some Excel at making weapons, others at creating art. At his Sharp Instinct Studio in Clovis, New Mexico, Jay Fisher does both. In the blade business since 1988, Fisher makes knives, many featuring gemstone handles, for collectors, museums and people who really know how to use 'em (101st Airborne, Special Forces, USAF Pararescue)."
--from the 2007 Best of the West magazine
