Who is Jay Fisher?
. You might well ask why, with all this experience as an industrial maintenance electrician, mechanic, and technician, and with so much specialized industrial trade experience, I would leave industry. After all, the pay is great, and the benefits are good. For me, industry was mostly about repairing things. No matter how complicated, there would be some little bug, or design flaw, or wear area where machinery or equipment would wear out, be used up, or fail. So repair work was like a hunt, a hunt for a flaw. This is exciting and demanding for some individuals, but I got my greatest thrill building devices from scratch. I call that making vs. fixing. Some guys get off on the fixing, I preferred to make. And making knives gives me some of the greatest variety of materials, designs, techniques, and equipment. I still get plenty of repair work on my own equipment, for sure. But making, creating, and the artistic pursuit is what floats my boat. That is why writing is so appealing to me. Whe
