Todd Fischer Kamehameha Custom Flipper
Three forged materials meet on this Todd Fischer Kamehameha, and none of them repeat. The blade is Chad Nichols Boomerang San Mai damascus. The scales are mokuti. The pocket clip and the backspacer are San Mai damascus again, cut from the same family as the blade.
Between them sit highly polished titanium bolsters with mokuti pivot collars. The knife runs 7.5 inches open on a 3.25-inch blade and weighs 7.2 ounces. It opens on a flipper tab and locks on the bolster. Preowned in excellent condition, it joins the rest of our folding knives.
About Fischer Brothers Custom Knives
Todd Fischer Jr., who most collectors know as T.J., co-owns and runs Fischer Brothers Custom Knives with his brother Frank. The shop builds tactical profiles and then loads them with materials nobody would call tactical. Damascus, Damasteel, Timascus and mokuti all turn up on knives shaped like working tools.
The family goes deeper than the two brothers. Todd Fischer Sr. is a collected maker in his own right, working out of central Florida with four decades of metal fabrication behind him. Two generations building at this level is rare, and it is part of why the name carries weight among the master custom knifemakers we follow.
Mokuti, Polished Titanium, and Damascus Hardware
Mokuti is titanium damascus. Layers of different titanium alloys are forge welded and pattern pressed, then coloured by anodizing rather than by paint or coating. Turn the scales on this Todd Fischer Kamehameha and the figure runs blue through violet into bronze. Move the light again and it changes.
The bolsters answer that with the opposite treatment. Highly polished titanium, mirror flat, no pattern at all. One side of the handle moves and the other side reflects. Materials this specific are a large part of what holds value over decades, which our collector’s investment guide covers.
Fischer carried the theme into the hardware. The mokuti reappears as pivot collars on both sides. The pocket clip is San Mai damascus and so is the backspacer, so the blade steel shows up again at the spine and in the pocket.
The Boomerang San Mai Blade and the Bolster Lock
San Mai is a laminate. A hard cutting core is clad between softer outer layers, so the knife gets edge holding down the middle and toughness on the flats. On this blade the transition line reads as a hard boundary running the length of the flat, with the Boomerang pattern above it and a clean satin band below.
Blade length is 3.25 inches. It deploys on a flipper tab and locks on the bolster rather than on a liner or a separate lockbar. Fewer parts, and the lock face is the same piece of titanium you are gripping. Read how to choose a custom knife for what construction choices like that actually change in the hand.
Condition and What’s Included with This Todd Fischer Kamehameha
This Todd Fischer Kamehameha is preowned and in excellent condition. It carries no damage and no modification. It came to us from a collector rather than from a pocket. Read how we grade before you buy.
There is no Certificate of Authenticity, and there never was one. Plenty of custom makers at this tier do not issue paperwork. The authentication is the knife itself: Todd’s maker mark is cut into the interior of the frame, where it cannot be added after the fact.
Included with the knife:
- Original zippered carry case
- Todd Fischer Jr.’s maker mark, cut into the interior of the frame
- No Certificate of Authenticity — none was issued for this piece
Todd Fischer Kamehameha Specifications
Every figure below is measured or read off the knife. Compare it against the rest of our preowned collector knives.
- Maker: Todd Fischer Jr. (T.J. Fischer)
- Shop: Fischer Brothers Custom Knives
- Model: Kamehameha
- Type: Custom folding flipper
- Lock: Bolster lock
- Deployment: Flipper tab
- Overall Length (open): 7.5 in / 190.5 mm
- Blade Length: 3.25 in / 82.6 mm
- Closed Length: 4 in / 101.6 mm
- Blade Steel: Chad Nichols Boomerang San Mai damascus
- Scales: Mokuti
- Bolsters: Highly polished titanium
- Pivot Collars: Mokuti
- Backspacer: San Mai damascus
- Pocket Clip: San Mai damascus
- Weight: 7.2 oz / 204 g
- Maker’s Mark: Cut into the interior of the frame
- Country of Origin: United States
- Condition: Preowned, excellent
- SKU: 00186-TFJ-KAMEHAMEHA-FLIPPER-MOKUTI-SANMAI
- Included: Original zippered carry case
Video Description
The Todd Fischer Kamehameha, a custom flipper shown preowned in excellent condition. Todd Fischer Jr. built it at Fischer Brothers Custom Knives. The blade is 3.25 inches of Chad Nichols Boomerang San Mai damascus. A hard san mai transition line runs the length of the flat. The scales are mokuti, the titanium damascus that shifts blue through violet and bronze.
Bolsters are highly polished titanium with mokuti pivot collars. The pocket clip and the backspacer are both San Mai damascus. It opens on a flipper tab and locks on the bolster. Overall length is 7.5 inches, closed 4 inches, weight 7.2 ounces. Todd’s maker mark is cut into the interior. The knife ships in its original case.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no Certificate of Authenticity?
Because Fischer never issued one. Plenty of makers at this level do not, and demand for their work has never depended on paperwork. The authentication is the maker’s mark cut into the interior of the frame, which is harder to fake than a card. See how we document provenance.
What is mokuti?
Titanium damascus. Layers of different titanium alloys are forge welded together and pattern pressed, then anodized. The colour is the metal reacting, not a coating, so it will not wear off. Each billet is unique, which means no two sets of mokuti scales match.
What does San Mai mean on the blade?
San Mai is a three-layer laminate. A hard core does the cutting and softer outer layers absorb shock. On this blade you can see the boundary as a hard line running the length of the flat, with the Boomerang damascus pattern on one side of it.
What is a bolster lock?
The bolster itself is the locking element. Instead of a separate liner or lockbar, a section of the bolster springs in behind the blade tang when the knife opens. It removes parts from the design and puts the lock face in the same piece of metal your hand rests on.
How does it ship?
Insured, vis UPS. Full terms sit in our shipping and return policy.
Buy This Todd Fischer Kamehameha
We inspected this Todd Fischer Kamehameha in hand and described exactly what we found. Nothing here is guesswork. See what else is in from the shop on the Fischer Brothers Custom Knives brand page. If customs of this calibre are sitting unused in your safe, we will make you an offer when you sell your knife collection.
