The horrible world of unemployment....

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They make custom knives with CNC machines? Yet another of my illusions shot down in flames. I always had visions of dark infernal places filled with coal forges, bellows, and dwarves wielding 20lb. sledge hammers to fold layer upon countless layer of meteoric steel.

That was Niebelung, Q. You can see vestiges of it at Bayreuth (vs. Beirut).

Helpfully, P.

 

[Clare Quilty]

That was Niebelung, Q. You can see vestiges of it at Bayreuth (vs. Beirut).

Helpfully, P.

I would have thought that Brokk and Sindri would have hailed from a little further to the North, say Nidavellir.

I'm just kidding, even if I didn't already know it, I could have guessed it was a Wagner reference

C.Q. *whistling In the Hall of the Mountain King.* (WOCIEGANW)

 

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They make custom knives with CNC machines? Yet another of my illusions shot down in flames. I always had visions of dark infernal places filled with coal forges, bellows, and dwarves wielding 20lb. sledge hammers to fold layer upon countless layer of meteoric steel.

Romantic indeed. And there are some who still do that. They are considered 'Art Knife' makers. I have seen some beautiful pieces made by twisting railroad spikes then hammer forging the blade.

But what I will be involved in is the Tactical Knife idustry. Using a 20 lb hammer to make a 3 1/2" folding knife blade somehow doesn't picture. Even more so when that blade is not made from High carbon steel but S30V tool steel. And handles that are not leather wrapped wood but titanium with G10 inserts.

This is the production version of the prototype Darrel gave me a few weeks ago.

http://www.combatelite.com/knives/rrf/rrfgr2.jpg