Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives

• Size: Length overall: 7.0" (17.8 cm), Blade Length: 3.25" (8.3 cm), Thickness: .196" (5.0 mm)
• Weight: Knife: 5.2 oz. (147 grams) Sheath: 3.5 oz. (99 grams)
• Blade: 440C High Chromium Martensitic Stainless Steel, Hardened and Tempered to Rockwell C58, mirror polished
• Bolsters, Fittings: 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, hand-engraved, mirror polished
• Handle: Polished Spiderweb Jasper Gemstone
• Sheath: Hand-carved Leather Shoulder
• Knife: Grus is the Latin word for Crane, and this pattern is named for the constellation of the Crane in the southern sky. This is a high quality, tough, and durable drop point design of knife, with a stout and sharp hollow ground blade and a sensible and comfortable three-finger handle that feels like it belongs in the hand. I made the blade in 440C high chromium martensitic tool steel, which is hard, extremely tough and wear resistant, and extremely corrosion resistant: the most corrosion resistant of all the stainless blade steels. The blade is deeply hollow ground with crisp, clean, and very well matched grinds, sweeping grind terminations for great strength, and a good deal of spine to support the nice curved belly of the blade. The knife has a clean choil to terminate the single bevel cutting edge, which is razor-keen and easy to maintain due to the thin blade edge and hollow grind. The drop point is easy to sheathe, with a geometry that does not protrude, snag, or hang on the sheath welts or sides; this is a great advantage in a drop point style. The thick and strong spine is fully fileworked completely around the tang with a punchy vine variant pattern, and the butt of the tang has a milled lanyard slot outside the polished rear bolster for security. The bolsters are high nickel, high chromium 304 austenitic stainless steel for zero-care, and I designed some unique artwork for the hand-engraved bolster faces. The pattern is reminiscent of tusks, bone-needles, or spider fangs, a deeply engraved and shaded overlaying pattern that I enjoyed cutting into this bolster set. The bolsters are dovetailed and bed a pair of striking and rare handle scales. The material is Spiderweb Jasper, an unusual find: a hard cryptocrystalline quartz that takes and holds a high polish with beautiful visual contrast. I've seen a lot of jasper called spiderweb, but most of it is Rhyolite, a volcanic rock, and not a true jasper. This is a true jasper, extremely hard and durable, with red threads webbed through all of the black matrix, with some dots and inclusions of other colors, like the red web of a spider or the thready filaments of a starry nebula. It is very difficult to find enough of this gem for a knife handle; most pieces of rough are very small. I even book-matched the handle scales. This means this is a rare knife, with uncommon handle material that I'm unlikely to see again. The handle is contoured, smoothed, and very comfortable nestled in the first three fingers of the hand. The knife feels very stout for its modest size.
• Sheath: The sheath for this Grus is clean and simple, in hand-carved and polished finished 9-10 oz. leather shoulder. The design reflects some of the curves of the knife, a drip and fang influence, and the thick, strong leather is dyed dark brown, lacquered and sealed. It's hand-stitched with black nylon with a belt loop that will accommodate a 1.5 to 1.75 inch belt. The sheath is deep and protective, with enough of the handle exposed for an easy unsheathing.
• A stout, tough knife, with a unique and rare character, suitable for collection, investment, or use .

Thanks, T. S.!