Hand ground production blades

Maximus, hand ground in the case of the Spartan Harsey hunters means on Bill's belt grinder with his hands holding the knife. The results of that effort are shown at the bottom of the safari club article you posted as ground uncoated steel.

This is in contrast to something like a crk sebenza blade that has the main hollow grind machined in via cnc. I'm sure there are quite a few small production shops that do similar work.
 
maximus83 said:
Good Q, Higgs, we should clarify terms. I assumed "hand ground" meant freehand sharpening (vs powered). But I guess 'hand ground' could also mean he freehanded the primary grinds on a powered system.
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I was under the impression that most of the time a blank goes into a machine that does most of the grinding (automated), and that occasionally a manufacturer will take that blank and use a belt or a wheel to hand grind the main shape of the blade, rather than putting it into a machine. However, I really don't know that much about the process. Just have watched some of the factory tour videos on the internet. For example, I watched a video about CRK and sounds like they use a machine to do most of the grind, then have a person grind the edge and do some of the finishing, like the rounded top of the blade.
 
pyreaux said:
Maximus, hand ground in the case of the Spartan Harsey hunters means on Bill's belt grinder with his hands holding the knife. The results of that effort are shown at the bottom of the safari club article you posted as ground uncoated steel.

This is in contrast to something like a crk sebenza blade that has the main hollow grind machined in via cnc. I'm sure there are quite a few small production shops that do similar work.
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Good clarification, thanks.
 
pyreaux said:
Not sure what you mean by "only at the edge" the hunters were sent to harsey as flat blanks and the swedge and hollow grinds ground in his shop on his equipment. The edges were put on at Spartan after heat treat and coating. I believe the Model 1 was a similar process.
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This is correct.
 
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