Jay Fisher - World Class Knifemaker
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New to the website? Start HereMy Writing! |
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The beautiful "Antheia" chef's set
Please know that all military issue is procured by low bid process.
This is not the kind of gear I provide.
There are thousands of knives claiming to be tactical combat knives, and most of them are mass-produced junk. Learn more than most knife owners and most knifemakers about professional grade military and combat knives on this dedicated page:
--Link to Tactical, Military, Combat, Rescue, and Professional Knives
| Welcome! Quick Facts: | The best individual knife maker's site you will find on the Internet! What this website is about and how to use it |
| First year of this site on the Internet: | 1996: 19 years on the web |
| Number of active pages on this website: | 555 pages, packed with pictures and great information |
| Number of pictures and images on this website: | Now over 15,000 photos! (includes thumbnails and restricted pages) |
| February 2015's most visited pages on this site: | Knife Patterns, Knives for Sale, Knife Anatomy, Blades, Wood Knife Handles, Tactical Knives for Sale, Knife Sheaths, Grip Styles and Hand Sizing, Featured Knives, Tactical Knives, Handles, Bolsters, Guards, Handles: Horn, Bone, Ivory, Knife Prices, Folding Knives, Collaborative Knives for Sale, Counterterrorism Knives, Manmade Knife Handles, Concealed Carry of Knives, Embellishment |
| My first knife made in: | 1979 (36 years experience) |
| Full time professional knifemaker since: | 1988 (full time for 27 years) This is my real job! |
| Top February 2015 search terms that led you here: | Jay Fisher, Jay Fisher knives, knife designs, O1 steel, parts of a knife, kerambit, custom knife sheaths, knife patterns, knife parts, custom folding knives, custom knives for sale, custom khukri style blade, custom knife scales, custom knives, knife sheaths, custom tactical knives, knife handles, knife templates |
| Interesting February search term used 9 times to access the site: | "how to do filework on a knife" This one is really easy! Use a file. Not one for putting papers in, but one used to cut steel. |
| Another unusual term used to access the site 4 times: | "Jay Fisher laminated steel" Nope, wrong guy! High alloy steels do not require lamination, and laminated steels are inferior in a number of ways! More on that here. |
| 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 |
| Another interesting thing you probably do not know about me: | I'm a writer! Completed one novel, writing another, and writing a book on the modern knifemaker. Check it out here! |
| Important point (sole authorship): | Every knife on this website that has only my maker's mark is made completely by me: blade, handle, sheath, stand, case, and embellishment. |
| Most Important Fact: | I am committed to making completely and clearly the best knives in the world. More |
| Significant Data: | The detailed knife definitions section on my Knife Anatomy Page now has over 250 specific terms! |
"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 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
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
