For Newbies who might be wondering - How do MFRS put edges on knives

I need that sharpening robot at my house. I don't know where I'd put it, but I need it.

 

And for all I know, and all the research I've done, spyderco is the only manufacturer to use a robot. Imo zero tolerance and Kershaw need one, although their edges have been better recently. I've seen some pretty terrible ones come from KAI though...

 

FWIW, Leatherman sharpens their stuff by machine as well--using what looks like the exact same model machine that Spyderco uses.

 

An abb robot and plc? Probably because abb had already done it with spyderco and had programs and procedures in place. I installed a LOT of robots and plcs when I worked at Toyota. There's always tweaking needed, but having something to start with makes its orders of magnitude easier!

 

I can't be the only one who wasn't thinking the OP meant MANUFACTURERS until I opened the thread...

 

I think it's a pretty slick MFR.

 

LMAO!

 

I just assumed it was a question directed at me personally until I started reading the thread...

 

Well, this MFR right here likes to put edges on using the Wicked Edge.

 

I just caught on to that fact myself, for a second I thought he was just getting really fed up with the factory edges.

 

This is sort of a funny thread to me, because aside from Spyderco and maybe a handful of other small companies, most big knife OEMs put out awful edges that are obtuse, uneven, dull, and/or heat damaged with alarming regularity.

Mad respect to Spyderco for using robots that deliver consistent and acute edges, but I wish Benchmade and KAI would learn that these things exist.

 

IIRC, I have seen a video of CRKT
using a machine to sharpen their products as well.