Awards and Articles
Personal Accomplishments in Knife Making ...
- AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTIST
- PIECES IN PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS OF:
New York State Museum
Private owned Swiss Museum
HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM WITH SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- ADVISOR TO:
HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM
Given lectures/demonstrations or taught full classes in Sao Paulo, Brazil as well as Paris, France and St. Petersburg Russia
CONCEPTUALIZED AND DEVELOPED with Brazilian knifemakers the BLADESMITHING SCHOOL IN SAO PAULO and Braslia BRAZIL
NAMED PRESIDENT BENEMERITO OF SOCIETY OF BRAZILIAN KNIFEMAKERS
- NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTIST:
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA [at Willimngton]
RECIPIENT OF BLADE MAGAZINE'S PUBLISHERS AWARD
RECIPIENT OF AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY'S W.W. SCAGEL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RECIPIENT OF AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY'S DON HASTINGS AWARD
ONLY BLADESMITH TO EVER TWICE RECEIVE WILLIAM F. MORAN KNIFE OF THE YEAR AWARD
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY HALL OF FAME
RECIPIENT OF ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S ARTS AWARD FOR TRADITIONAL ARTS
Conceived the detailed plan and worked with the Arkansas Arts Council and the Arkansas Hertiage Commission to recognize and honor the traditional and folk life artist of Arkansas
in all of its traditional arts forms with an Arkansas Living Treasure program.
2007 --Finalist for the Rosen Art show, that recoginzies the outstanding creative achievements of American craft artists.
Organized and produces annually the Fisk Micro-show. An international show that is the only one man invitational cutlery show held in the world.
Has given lectures and organized, participated in and performed for 25 years in and with demostrations for all types of civic organizations such as Lions club, Rotary, Museums, Gallaries, as well as The National Lieutinant Governors Conference, Chamber of Commerce's all over the state and for annual civic functions all over the United States
- INTERNATIONAL BLADE AND CUTLERY FAIR (The Blade Show)
1987 RECIPIENT OF BERETTA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
1989 Damascus USA Award
1992 Best Combat Knife
1993 Best Art Knife
1993 BEST DAMASCUS
1993, 1994 and 2006 BEST FIXED-BLADE
1996 MOST INNOVATIVE DESIGN
2003 BEST HUNTER/UTILITY KNIFE
2003 HANDMADE BLADE AWARD FOR BEST UTILITY HUNTER)
BEST FACTORY COLLABORATION [FOR OVB BOWIE KNIFE WITH CAMILLUS COMPANY AT BLADE SHOW]
2006 Best Fixed Blade
2006 Blade Handmade Award for Best Fixed Blade, [the handmade award covers most of the shows in the country for that year]
2007 Best Bowie Award from Blade Cutlery Fair
- SPIRIT OF STEEL SHOW
2000 BEST BOWIE KNIFE
2001 AND 2002 BEST ART KNIFE
2002 BEST BOWIE KNIFE
2003 BEST FIXED-BLADE KNIFE
2007 Best Fixed Blade
2007 Best of Show
2007 Knives Illustrated Best import knife of the year for the Fiskco production design
- ARKANSAS CUSTOM KNIFE SHOW
1999, 2003 AND 2005 BEST HUNTING KNIFE
1998 BEST FIGHTER KNIFE
2008 Best Art Knife
- AWARDS AND HONORS
Awarded 2012 I Mostra Internacional De Cutelaria Os Melhores Expoem Aqui.
{Appreciation for helping organize the show in Brasil.}
2012 Selected as one of the 50 most influential people of Arkansas by Arkansas Times magazine.
- PUBLICATIONS:
KNIVES BY JERRY FISK HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON THE COVERS OF SEVEN PUBLICATIONS
- IN NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING:
"Custom Fixed Blade Knives" (ISRAELI KNIFE BOOK)
"Master of the Forge"
"Battle Blades"
- MAGAZINES:
KNIFE WORLD
FIGHTING KNIVES
BLADE MAGAZINE
KNIVES ILLUSTRATED
Japan's knife magazine
France's Magazine La Passion De Couteaux
Magnum magazine from South America
Target magazine of Europe
Tiawan's Country and Knife Magazine
Sports and Field
Guns and Ammo
American Hand Gunner
Survival magazine
KNIVES Annuals 1992-2006
THE NEW YORK TIMES
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
The Phoneix Sun
The Arkansas Gazette newspaper
"Driven" magazine [very nice car magazine]
Garden and Gun Magazine
- BLADE MAGAZINE:
CURRENT CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
- AUTHOR OF:
Basic Forging and Pattern-Welded Damascus Steel (USED AS A TEXTBOOK AT THE SCHOOL OF BLADESMITHING)
Handbook of Management and Organization (BOOK ON KNIFEMAKING AS A CAREER)
- BACKGROUND IN BLADESMITHING:
ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY IN 1999 and served till 2008
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY (1994 to 2008)
THE AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY'S STANDARDS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEWING NEW MASTER Applicants
- TEACHING CREDITS:
HAS TAUGHT AT THE BILL MORAN TEXARKANA SCHOOL OF BLADESMITHING IN ARKANSAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1998
Served as Liason between Texarkana College's School of Bladesmithing and the American Bladesmith Society for a number of years.
BECAME 17TH MASTER BLADESMITH OF THE AMERICAN BLADESMITH SOCIETY IN 1989
EARNED JOURNEYMAN SMITH RATING IN 1987
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