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I was watching the History channel today. The show was about knives and they toured the now closed Buck california factory. The walked through the manufacture of the 110 begining to end. The host Ron Hazelton scrapped a 110 at the sharpening station. I think he draged the face of the blade across the belt as he was grinding the edge.
They talked to Paul Bos, They showed the new fine blankng stamping system buck uses to stamp out the blades. It's Hydraulic and slow. It's different from traditional stamping, the dies aren't progressive and use special draw plates that impress a grove in the steel to grip it and blank the blade in one opperation. This is probably why Buck went to 420 steel.
They talked to Paul Bos, They showed the new fine blankng stamping system buck uses to stamp out the blades. It's Hydraulic and slow. It's different from traditional stamping, the dies aren't progressive and use special draw plates that impress a grove in the steel to grip it and blank the blade in one opperation. This is probably why Buck went to 420 steel.
