Jay Fisher - World Class Knifemaker
From my FAQ page
| 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: 13 years on the web |
| Number of active pages on this website: | Over 200, packed with pictures and great information |
| Number of pictures and images on this website: | 7329: over 570 megabytes (includes thumbnails and restricted pages) |
| Average number of hits a day (June 2009): | 62,136 Trends Here |
| Largest Number of hits per month (March 2009): | 2,075,983 |
| June 2009's most visited pages on this site: | Blades, Knife Anatomy, Custom Knife Patterns |
| My first knife made in: | 1979 (30 years experience) |
| Full time professional knifemaker since: | 1988 (full time for 21 years) This is my real job! |
| Number of pictures available on my three CD ROM Catalogs: | Total: 2001 Huge High Resolution Pictures |
| Top June 2009 Search Terms that led you here: | Parts of a knife, Jay Fisher, Knife Parts |
| Most ridiculous June search term that led two people here : | "ab’s kustom kitchen lube"--? |
| 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 |
"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
