Has Rick ever outsourced the grinding of blades? As far as I know he only outsources the heat treatment and blade coatings. Has it always been that way?
They used to buy scale screws but now they make their own.Aside from hardening, coatings, and blade grinding has anything else ever been outsourced?
.
Yes. An easy way to tell the difference is all the production (outside the shop) grinds are flat ground and all the custom (in house by only Rick Hinderer) grinds are hollow grind.And is the blade grinding still being outsourced?
.
Well let me see if I can remember them. In the 3" XM-18, Spanto, Slicer and Wharnie. In the 3 1/2" XM-18, Spanto, Slicer, Wharnie, Spearpoint and Bowie. In the 4" XM-24, Spanto, Slicer, Bowie. The Eklipse model has only one blade style (Tanto) and it has been produced with a production grind in that style.Which models is that happening to?
.
They used to buy scale screws but now they make their own.
Yes. An easy way to tell the difference is all the production (outside the shop) grinds are flat ground and all the custom (in house by only Rick Hinderer) are hollow grind.
Well let me see if I can remember them. In the 3" XM-18, Spanto, Slicer and Wharnie. In the 31/2" XM-18, Spanto, Slicer, Wharnie, Spearpoint and Bowie. In the 4" XM-24, Spanto, Slicer, Bowie. The Eklipse model has only one blade style (Tanto) and it has been produced with a production grind in that style.
I think that's it.
Cool, thanks for the info. Basically anything that's not a straight up hinderer custom has an outsourced blade from grinding to heat treating. I'm assuming he cuts the blanks, please correct me if I'm wrong. Do you know about when that started?
Is the stonewashing and all that outsourced too?
Stonewashing in done in house in one of 3 tumblers.
Yes, blanks are cut in house. Do I know when blade blanks started to be cut in house? They always have been.
Sorry, I meant what generation the outsourced blade grinding started with. Has it always been the case that any flat ground blade was outsourced? Great info, btw.