Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives

"Perseus"

• Size: Knife: Length overall: 7.2" (18.3 cm), Blade Length: 3.3" (8.4 cm), Thickness: .117" (3.0 mm)
• Weight: Knife: 3.6 oz. (102 grams) Sheath: 2.9 oz. (82grams)
• Blade: 440C high chromium stainless steel, hardened and tempered to 60HRC, mirror polished
• Bolsters, Fittings: 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, mirror polished, hand-engraved
• Handle: Blue Lace Agate Gemstone
• Sheath: Hand-carved, hand-dyed leather shoulder
• Knife: The Perseus is named for the constellation in the northern sky, named for the ancient Greek hero. This is a great small knife, and I enjoyed bringing it into form. I made the blade of high chromium, high carbon 440C martensitic stainless steel for extremely high corrosion resistance and I hardened and tempered it to 60 Rockwell on the C scale for very high wear resistance, and polished it to a bright mirror finish. I could do this because the grind I accomplished with a small contact wheel, and the result of this is a thin, tough cutting edge with a thick and strong spine. This is a very useful knife blade style, a dropped point, making it easy to sheath and use. Perseus is a tough knife, even though its outward appearance is elaborate. I fileworked the spine completely, around the fully tapered tang, with a staccato pattern I call "sunrise." The knife is bolstered with zero care high nickel, high chromium 304 stainless steel, into which I've hand-engraved a speedy chevron interlaced pattern, bold and distinctive. The bolsters bed a pair of beautiful blue lace agate gemstone handle scales. This is a very hard agate from Namibia, and untreated only has a hint of bluish white color. So I've specially treated the gemstone with a tinge of blue dye to bring out the most intense light blue. The color and tone is permanent, and this is a very hard and durable gemstone, one of the hardest I use. It has bands of translucent and transparent agate, with noticeable depth and crystalline portions. It's brightly polished to a glassy smoothness, and the knife feels light and strong in the hand, with the balance point at the middle finger in a forward grip. This is a tough, durable knife, and its light, airy appearance is clean and flowing.
• Sheath: I matched the engraved chevron pattern in the bolsters in the hand-carving of the sheath. I didn't want the sheath to overtake the knife, so I hand-dyed the carved patterns in a dark blue, framed with black. The sheath is all 9-10 oz. leather shoulder, hand-stitched with black polyester, and sealed for longevity. Even the back and belt loop are hand-carved and the sheath is deep and protective of the knife and wearer.
• A flowing, airy handle of solid, hard, blue agate and a useable drop point hollow ground blade of high hardness.

Thanks, S. H.!