General Knife Manufacturing Info

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Evasion24

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Hey guys, I am a knife enthusiast and a mechanical engineering student at Queen's university in Ontario. I just found this awesome forum while doing research on the net. Recently, I had to choose a product to research for my manufacturing course. I have to make a posterboard with diagrams and information on the manufacturing process. Naturally, I chose a fixed blade knife (hunting or kitchen knife for simplicity).

I have contacted a few companies and none have replied back with any information. I have about a week before this project is due. If anyone could provide me with info, charts, or diagrams it would help me so much. This is what I'm looking for:

1) Details about tooling, size, materials, smoothness, etc.
2) Details about process parameters including temperatures, displacements, and forces.
3) Manufacturing costs.
4) Cycle times.
5) Any other useful info.

My email address is adam_burella@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance!
 
You are talking pretty large scale manufacturing, well out of the range of most of the folks around here. At best we are small scale manufacturing, protoype level if you will.

Contact me at the shop today if you are interested and I will be able to talk for a little while. 905 670 0200.
 
George is right , mass production of knives is very different from custom knife making. The manufacturer has different criteria ;cost of material, cost of blanking ,grinding ,heat treating, polishing. What market is aimed at, what can the knife be priced at ,what is the profit, how many have to be made to be economical .
 
Go to www.buckknives.com and see if they still have their online factory tour. Its the most thorough and informative site I have found to explain mass producing knives.
I think you could also gain a lot of information if you went to our spyderco forum under the makers/mfgs link at the top of the page and asked Sal Glesser real nice :)
For that matter, there are lots of great folks representing production companies here on BFC. If you take the time to go to each section (under makers/mfgs) and explain what your doing and ask for help I'm sure you will find some.
I assume your talking large scale production which would mean you want to stick with companies like Spyederco, Benchmade, Buck, Case etc. and probably not smaller (maybe even semi custom) shops like Randall or Busse.
 
Thank you for all your replies. I think I've gathered enough information to complete this project.

George: Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me. I am absolutely amazed at the amount of knowledge you have. I will definitely stop by your shop if I'm in Missisauga.


Cheers,
Adam
 
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