feedthehogs
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Anyone see the program on how they're made?
It was interesting to see them being forged in a modern day factory and then the knives were shipped to a small tin shack shop with two guys who ground the edges to sharpness by hand on a diamond dust wheel.
They don't seem to be as brittle as I had thought. One machine pings the end of the blade with a metal bar to test for hardness.
They also made a point of saying they add metal filings to the zirconia to make them detectable at airports and other types of scanners.
Anyone have one or used one?
It was interesting to see them being forged in a modern day factory and then the knives were shipped to a small tin shack shop with two guys who ground the edges to sharpness by hand on a diamond dust wheel.
They don't seem to be as brittle as I had thought. One machine pings the end of the blade with a metal bar to test for hardness.
They also made a point of saying they add metal filings to the zirconia to make them detectable at airports and other types of scanners.
Anyone have one or used one?