Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives

Included:

The Knife

• Size: Length overall: 11.9" (30.2 cm), Blade Length: 6.3" (16.0 cm), Thickness: 0.273" (6.9 mm)
• Weight: 17.1 oz. (485 grams)
• Blade: CPM154CM Powder Metal High Molybdenum Martensitic Stainless Tool Steel, Hardened and Tempered, T3 Specialty Cryogenically treated to Rockwell C61, proprietary surface oxide treatment "Ghost Slate."
• Bolsters/Fittings: 304 High Nickel, High Chromium Austenitic Stainless Steel, proprietary surface oxide treatment "Ghost Slate."
• Handle: Multicolored Tortoiseshell Pattern G10 Fiberglass/Epoxy Composite
• Type/Purpose/Origin: The Ghroth is named for the early 20th century horror/fiction/fantasy writer H. P. Lovecraft's monster that is a harbinger of doom and destroys planets. This is a high angle trailing point blade, extremely acute and effective medium-sized knife, a solid, thick and strong tactical, combat, and counterterrorism knife, made with the input of military and counterterrorism professionals for their wear and use in combat. It's unusual that you'll find a trailing point knife blade shape in the tactical and counterterrorism world, because only the very strongest steels with just the right geometry are up to the incredibly aggressive point cross-sectional stress. This one is; using advanced heat treatment in high alloy steel, with just the right geometry to derive one of the sharpest points possible in the knife world. The knife has full length blade, plenty of usable serration, good belly, and a serious extremely well-formed handle to lock the hand to the knife. This is a great crossover knife!
• Blade Steel Alloy: The Ghroth blade is a special hypereutectoid, high alloy martensitic stainless tool steel, CPM154CM. This is a powder metal technology tool steel, a high technology steel known for extremely even distribution of alloy elements and a uniform microstructure. It's a high molybdenum stainless steel, and the molybdenum aids in forming nucleation sites for complex carbide development. The moly also increases the toughness dramatically, resulting in a blade that's extremely durable. This allows me to temper the steel at a higher overall hardness, for great wear resistance as well. The high chromium and high carbon results in profuse chromium carbides, increasing corrosion resistance as well as wear resistance.
• Heat Treatment: This Ghroth has my T4 heat treatment, yielding an astounding blade in incredible condition through advanced processing protocols. How advanced is this treatment? It's a multi-stage cryogenic treatment, involving temperatures ranging in over 2000°F (1090°C) to -320°F (-196°C). The process is an evolution of my advanced heat treating processes, and consists of 33 dedicated and specific steps and takes 172 hours! This means that just to heat treat this blade takes over a week! The reason for this is scientific and critical, but yields the most stable, most wear-resistant, most durable and long-lived structure of this steel, profuse with fine multi-element carbides and a uniform and unbelievably robust structure. This is a testament to my determination to make the very best knives, steels, treatments and kits in the modern world. I know of no one else who has advanced the treatment to this level; it's unheard of in the metals and knifemaking field.  Want to know more about the heat treating designation?
• Blade Design and Geometry: I've made the Ghroth with deep hollow grinds with plenty of thickness, in a meaty substantial piece of geometry that will assure high durability, no matter the situation or stresses. The blade has a very strong spine, with excellent matching hollow grinds leading to a razor-keen single bevel cutting edge with plenty of curve and belly. The blade has two and a half inches of my hammerhead serrations for ripping through tough materials, combining hollow ground and chisel ground geometries for a aggressive cutting action with little hanging or snagging. It has a total of over four inches of standard hollow ground swept blade in front, razor-sharp and single-bevel edged. The spine has a half-length top swage for reduced cross sectional thickness without sacrificing strength at the point, and the blade is fully hand-fileworked with a deep, punchy vine pattern completely around the full tang which is tapered for balance. This aids in grip friction and adds distinctive handmade flair. The geometry is tremendously aggressive; only careful attention and advanced heat treatment protocols can offer a trailing point with enough strength for tactical use. Simply put, the trailing point hollow grind, top swage, and single bevel edge make this the most aggressive point possible on a knife. The curved belly makes it a slicing tool that is unsurpassed in keenness.
• Blade Finish: The blade and bolsters (and all of the accessories) are in my "Shadow" line of counterterrorism and tactical knife finishes. Answering the request for completely subdued and non-reflective surfaces, I developed the Shadow Line with my Ghost Slate finish. This means darkening in a permanent fashion not only the stainless steel of the knife, blade, handle, and fittings, but all of the gear in the entire kit: the fasteners, the sheath parts, aluminum mounts, accessories and entire package. Read more about my Shadow Line and Ghost Slate finish on my Counterterrorism Knives page at this bookmark.
• This is an extreme use, high wear resistance, highly tough, and extremely keen stainless steel blade with advanced heat treatment.
• Bolsters: I bolstered the Ghroth with my signature zero-care, high nickel, high chromium 304 austenitic stainless steel bolsters, contoured and rounded for comfort of the hands, and shaped and radiused in the front face for easy cleaning. They are attached with multiple through-tang pins of 304 stainless steel, and the mounting is permanent, as well as extremely corrosion resistant. This is the same steel used for stainless steel nuts, bolts, and fasteners, and the bolsters are heavy, thick, and solid, giving great balance to the knife. The front bolster is large enough to support the massive quillon, offering a place to apply pressure to the blade, and protecting the hand from sliding forward. The rear bolster has a large chamfered 3/8" (9.5 mm) through-tang lanyard hole for added security when working elevated or over water or in a debris field. This large lanyard hole allows fast and easy threading and hitching of lanyards of any type. The rear bolster supports a handle "hawk's bill" that locks the hand into the handle and offers good counterbalance for the heavy blade. The bolsters are dovetailed to create a solid, seamless union with the handle material. The bolsters are treated in my "Ghost Slate" shadow line for reduced glare and match the rest of the knife and gear.
• Handle: With all of my tactical knives, zero-care is important. I thought some visual interest would be nice, so I handled this knife in scales of multicolored tortoiseshell G10 fiberglass-epoxy laminate composite. This material is extremely durable, complimenting the Ghost Slate darkened finish of the piece while giving it some crisp character. The handle scales are secured with six 1/8" through-tang 304 stainless steel pins. The scales are bedded to the tang and locked under the bolster dovetails. This is an extremely tough material, durable, waterproof, with a toothy textured surface that grips the hand and requires no maintenance. The shape of the handle is features some advanced concepts. The front quillon is extremely large and robust. This provides great grip security and protection for the forefinger, and it's contoured, rounded and smoothed for comfort. The finger groove is deep and the forefinger bears down on the bolster. Above the forefinger placement is a thumb rise, supported by the wide bolster so the thumb can apply great pressure. This also offers the notch geometry for the locking sheath (described below). The Ghroth has a large, multi-finger groove inside the tang for a comfortable, variable grip. The tang is fully tapered with heavy and bold vine filework working well with the handle pattern and adding handmade distinction.
• Balance and Feel: The sweeping blade, the massive spine and overall weight and strength of this knife is imposing. It's over a pound of meaty, high alloy steel with a razor edge and needle point. This is a professional grade tool, super-tough, with a lot of great features. It feels fantastic in the hand, with the balance point exactly at the forefinger placement.

Included:

The Sheaths

This knife has two sheaths, one in heavy leather, one in tactical combat, positively locking.

1. The Leather Sheath

• Weight: 7.9 oz. (224 grams)
• Materials: Heavy 10 oz. thick leather shoulder, stainless steel reinforcement screws, hand-stamped, black lacquered, nylon stitching
• Storage: double-layered embroidered drawstring bag in double layered cotton duck canvas, polyester
• Description: Leather Sheath: I've included a heavy, tough, and solid leather sheath for the Ghroth in 9-10 oz. leather shoulder, hand-stamped and tooled. The leather is shoulder, from mature cows, and is twice as thick as most other knifemakers use. I tooled a hand-stamped traditional black basketweave design and the sheath is tooled in the front, back and even in the belt loop. The mouth of the sheath is high, protecting the owner from the blade, but it allows enough of the butt of the handle accessible for quick unsheathing. The sheath has a high back, to protect the wearer, and the orientation is right side, edge-back. There is a large belt loop, triple-row stitched with heavy nylon for strength and moisture and rot resistance. The entire sheath body, front, back, and welts are double-row stitched for extreme durability. The mouth of the sheath has stainless steel screws that take all of the stress and protect the sheath stitches from stretching over time. The sheath is dyed black throughout, with buffed edges in a water-resistant lacquer finish. Leather is irreplaceable in extremely cold or hot environments, and where absolute silence is needed in tactical operations with no clicking when in contact against objects, people, or gear. The leather sheath is also great for a "non-tactical" outdoors look in a more casual setting when a knife simply needs to be a tool.

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2. The Positively Locking Tactical Sheath

• Weight: 12.3 oz. (349 grams)
• Materials: Positively locking Version 2.0 in black double-thickness Kydex, black anodized 5053 H32 corrosion-resistant high strength aluminum alloy, blackened 304 austenitic stainless steel, anodized 6AL4V titanium spring.
• Description: This sheath is one of my positively locking models, originally designed for USAF Pararescue and military use. This is my proprietary design, the very best possible sheath of its type available in the world today. Actually, it is the ONLY type of this sheath available in the world today!

Get all of the details about this Positively Locking Sheath at this link.

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Accessories: Belt Loops, Plates, Straps, Clamps

This kit contains my standard belt loop and mounting package.

• Standard Belt Loops: accommodates 0.190" thick by 1.5" belt, black anodized 5052H32 high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, anodized black at 1 mil thickness
• Medium Profile Belt Loops: accommodates 0.250" thick by 1.5" belt, black anodized 5052H32 high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, anodized black at 1 mil thickness
• High Profile Belt Loops: accommodates .250" thick by 1.5" belt, black anodized 5052H32 high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, anodized black at 1 mil thickness
• Vertical Flat Mounting Straps: accommodates up to 2.0" wide belt, web, strapping, or gear, clamps rigidly and vertically 90 degrees to the long axis of the sheath, black anodized 5052H32 high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, anodized black at 1 mil thickness
• Horizontal Flat Mounting Straps: accommodates 1" to 3" wide belt, web, strapping, or gear, clamps rigidly and horizontally (in line with the long axis of the sheath), black anodized 5052H32 high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, anodized black at 1 mil thickness
• Horizontal Belt Loop Plates: allows wear with the long axis of the sheath in line with standard belt, without rigid clamping, accommodates .250" thick by 1.5" belt, welded black anodized 5052H32 high strength corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, anodized black at 1 mil thickness

Get all the details about the Belt Loops, Plates, Straps, Clamps, and Fasteners at this link

Included:

Belt Loop Extenders (2)

• Ultimate Belt Loop Extender (UBLX): allows wearing with locking sheath and knife handle just below the belt line, with DMT folding pocket diamond abrasive sharpener, in black polypropylene, polyester, black acetyl buckles. DMT diamond sharpener.
• Extended Length Belt Loop Extender (EXBLX): allows wearing with locking sheath and knife sheath below the belt line, sheath tail just above knee, with 2" wide leg strap, in black polypropylene, polyester, blackened stainless steel, acetyl buckles.

Get all the details about the UBLX and the EXBLX mounting, fasteners, and use at this link

Included:

HULA (Holder, Universal, Lamp, Articulating

• HULA with Powertac M5 Generation 3, 2030 lumen rechargeable programmable flashlight: provides a primary, fully adjustable flashlight in removable holder, with a stainless steel and anodized aluminum frame that can be aimed and locked in any direction, mounted on the sheath body no matter where the knife is worn. This is the very best, most durable flashlight holder made in the world today with a fantastic programmable light.

Get all the details about the HULA: mounting, fasteners, materials, and use at this link

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LIMA (Lamp, Independent Mounting Assembly

• Lamp Independent Mount Assembly (LIMA): Backup, emergency, safety LED programmable flashlight and independent web frame and mount, in polypropylene stitched with high strength polyester, anodized 5052 high strength corrosion resistant black anodized aluminum mounting bar, 304 stainless steel ring retainers, nylon elastic shock cord, with OLIGHT I1R 2 Pro Eos 180 Lumen rechargeable flashlight.

Get all the details about the LIMA: mounting, fasteners, materials, and use at this link

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Sternum Harness Plus

• Sternum Harness Plus: allows wearing of locking sheath upside down across sternum, handle down, in black polypropylene, polyester, acetyl buckles

Get the details about the Sternum Harness Plus: mounting, materials, and use at this link

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Diamond Abrasive Sharpener, Lanyards

• Diamond Sharpener with Pad/Sheath: Diamond abrasive sharpening stone, 2" x 6", double-sided (400G/600G), nickel bonded diamond abrasives over phenolic core, heavy nylon sheath to store and protect other gear from diamond abrasives; sheath doubles as work pad so diamond does not scratch surfaces, stitched with polyester, hook and loop closure
• Lanyard: 550 Nylon Kernmantle Rope (Paracord) sliding noose lanyard, flashlight lanyard

Get the details about the sharpener, pad/sheath and lanyards at this link

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Duffle, Storage

• Duffle Bag: 1000 denier Cordura® ballistic nylon, waterproof polyurethane coated, interior lined with heavy polyester felt. Nylon, polyester, polypropylene sling loop rubber handles, embroidered patch, removable embroidered name patch with hook and loop
• Storage bags and tins for hardware, leather sheath, HULA assembly

Get the details about the duffles, bags and storage at this link