Jay Fisher: World Class Knifemaker, Photographer, Writer

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Where's my Knife, Jay? Top 20 reasons to buy your next knife here! Custom Swords Over 290 pictures of Gemstone Knife Handles
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Last  Update: 04OCT08 Read an excerpt from my upcoming book here Client's News Site Navigation on the bottom of every page!
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"The Best Living Knifemaker" -- in the 2007 "Best of the West Sourcebook" by True West Publications

Welcome to the home page of Professional Custom Knifemaker and Artist:

  Jay Fisher

Please read what world-renowned military author and historian Tom Clancy has to say about my work at this bookmark.

Featured today:

"Horrocks"  Combat Knife

"Horrocks" combat, tactical knife: 440c high chromium stainless steel blade, 304 stainless steel bolsters, canvas micarta phenolic handle, locking kydex, aluminum, stailess steel sheath

"Horrocks"

Check out this new tactical combat knife on a special page here. Be sure and look at the accessories for sheath and wear on a special page here!

 

 

Today's Note:

Knives are frequently locked in display cases, secured behind glass, locked in vaults, covered, hidden, and protected. It might be that they're small and easy to carry away, but that's not the whole story. Knives are valued by everyone. Not everybody can fence a diamond tiara, but everybody wants a fine knife for themselves. The knife is universal, beautiful, and handy. Fine knives by custom makers are some of the most valuable small non-jewelry items made. And some of them are jewelry, with gold, precious gems, and exotic metals dripping with elaborate embellishment. I've seen it at every show, people drool over fine knives. Someone wants your knife.

--from my FAQ page here

 

Welcome! Quick Facts:

The best individual custom hand made knife maker's site you will find on the Internet!

First year of this site on the Internet:      

1996:  12 years on the web

Number of active pages on this website:      

 168, packed with pictures and great information

Number of pictures and images on this website:      

4668 over 298 megabytes (includes thumbnails)

Average number of hits a day (September 2008):      

46,845  Trends Here

Largest Number of hits per month (March 2008):       

2,025,314

September 2008's most visited pages on this site:       

  BladesKnife Anatomy, Knives for Sale

My first knife made in:      

1979 (29 years experience)

Full time professional knifemaker since:       

1988 (full time for 20 years) This is my real job!

Number of pictures available on my three CD ROM Catalogs:      

CD1: 1069, CD2: 478, CD3: 160 High Resolution Pictures

Top September 2008 Search Terms that led you here:      

 Parts of a knife, Jay Fisher, knife handles

Most ridiculous September search term that led two people here :     

titan survival knives with water proof but with storg compass in butt   (No kidding, a storg compass in where?)

Average number of times this site is updated per month:      

20

Most interesting thing you probably do not know about me:      

I have a piece in the Tower of London

Another interesting thing you probably do not know about me:      

I make more real gemstone-handled knives than any other single  knifemaker in the world

Latest recognition:      

Named "Best Living Knifemaker" in the 2007 Best of the West Annual Publication

 

Welcome to the home page of Professional Custom Knifemaker and Artist:

  Jay Fisher

An introduction:  Who is Jay Fisher?

 

A Military Weapons Maker

"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."

United States Air Force Pararescue and Air Force Survival SERE: our nation's top military rescue service and Jay Fisher

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Bernardo M. Perez

Deputy Assistant Director - Ret.

FBI Laboratory

Washington, D.C.

 

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A Craftsman

Jay Fisher hollow grinding a sword blade offhand

 

"Many fine knifemakers exist in the world. Some Excel at making weapons, others at creating art. At his Enchanted Spirits 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

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An Artist

"Dragonslayer: The Taste of Steel" Created to honor the head of Oncology at the National Institutes of Health, slaying the black dragon of cancer. 400 lbs of bronze and a 56" sword, all artwork by Jay Fisher

The worldwide best-selling author Tom Clancy says:

"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

 

 

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Home Page My Knife Prices Six points of fine knives  Modern Knife Technology
What I do and don't do  Custom Knife Quote and Order Form with Details Interesting Internet Stats  Custom Knife Embellishment
Email Jay Fisher  Ordering a Knife My CD Rom Catalogs: over 1400 pictures Knifemaker's mark
Contacts, Orders, Queries How to Purchase a knife from me  Top 20 Reasons Why my Knives are Worth Your Money Custom Knife Letters, Emails, and Comments
Who is Jay Fisher?  Patterns Page: Currently 362 on 69 Pages Featured Publications of my work My Folding Knives
FAQs:  38 Most Frequently Asked Questions Custom Knife Design Fee Funny Knife Emails, Stories My Museum Quality Blades and Sculpture
 Where's my Knife, Jay? Current Works and Events More Than You Want to Know about Custom Knives My Investment and Collector's Knives
 Current Knives for Sale Client's News Custom Knife Sheaths My Daggers
Military Tactical Knives Portal  New materials acquired   Custom Knife Stands My Fine Swords
All Military, Tactical Knives, Styles, and Info Delivery Times Custom Knife Blades  
Commemorative Military and Tactical Knives My knife making history and career Custom Knife Handles My Practical Working Knives
USAF Pararescue Knives  Knife Pattern Alphabetic List Gemstone Knife Handle Material Custom Knife Care
Most popular PJ Knife, the PJLT Knife Anatomy, Parts, Components  Gemstone Handle Alphabetic List Master of the Image
Current  Tactical Knives for Sale  Knife styles and types Hardwood Handle Materials My Creative Writing
Fine Kukris (Khukris)  Kitchen, Chef's Knives Ivory, Horn, Bone Handle Materials My Family
The Best Locking Combat Sheath Made  Hunting Knives Manmade Handle Material Links Relative to this Site
Military and Tactical Knife Care Previous Featured Knives New Knife!  The Business of Knife Making Search this Site
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