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dogboye said:
Interesting. I've never had any issue with hollow ground knives. In fact, I haven't had any issue with any type of grind with the exception of a convex grind. And they work great; just don't like sharpening them.
I personally don't care what grind the GSOs I've ordered get (even convex). I'll be satisfied to just get them.
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My personal beef is with the sharpening choils. ;)
 
Update from Instagram:

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Very special WIP Wednesday this week from @millitknives. As many of you know, we can be pretty demanding... we are so glad these folks were up to the challenge!
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"Well we made some huge strides with our CNC Grinding these last couple weeks! @surviveknives has settled for nothing but the best end result, which has made us push harder. So after constantly pushing for more, we came up with a way to grind a complete flat grind! They are currently on their way to #surviveknives for a solid day of testing. #millitknives #millitmade #knife #knives#bestknivesofig #knifecommunity #knifepics#knifeporn #blades #blade #everydaycarry#knivesdaily #usamade #edc #customknives#surviveknives #survivalknives #bushcraft #3V#machinist #machining #haasvf2ss#cncgrinding"
 
chiral.grolim said:
just DANG does that ground blade ever look nice!! :thumbsup: The grind, the plunge... heck, it even appears finished and ready for scales and a sheath! Now I am really wondering what the finish of the SKs will look like compared to the 'peened' finish of the GSOs...
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The details are still being worked out for the SK surface finish, but they will be tumbled.
 
Oyster said:
More news on Instagram re WIP on 2.7s, 4.1s and 7/7s... :)
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Thanks for the 'heads up', I'll paste over the images now:

surviveknivesScroll through to see all images: A quick Thursday update from the workshop. The last of the GSO-2.7 presale orders are all tuned up, ready for final assembly and sharpening. Those will all be finished and in the mail by Monday morning. We’re also working through GSO-4.1 and GSO-7/7 orders in earnest. Things are settling back down and we’re in a great groove, there will be a lot of shipping labels happening in the coming weeks!
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New Millit posting on Instagram - 3.5s before grinding
(I know, I have to learn how to copy/paste here... but I'm sure one of the regulars will take care of it :-) )
 
I keep thinking about the 3.5 grinding sample blades that Guy destruction tested, and more specifically, I don't think that they were heat treated yet.
As I understand the sequence it is cut out, grind, heat treat, and then surface finish, assemble and sharpen.
So, if they weren't heat treated (and why would you choose to bevel grind hardened steel) how do you test that blade to see if it will be adequately tough?
How do you get the kind of tip failure and edge chip out that we saw on unhardened blades?
I suppose he could send the grinding samples out for heat treat individually before testing them, but I didn't see any heat treat scale on the blades and polishing them up before breaking them seems like a waste of time.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ7OluwD__C/?hl=en&taken-by=surviveknives
 
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Fancier Fancier batoning rebar?!? :D

I'm sure you're right on the order of operations. I feel like that was laid out specifically somewhere here or maybe Instagram. Regardless, maybe some exceptions were made for the test blanks just to expedite testing. And really if they were protos then there probably wasn't a massive batch to treat like Peters normally might. Good observations on the visual clues in the pictures, they did look quite pretty for whatever stage in all the processes they were.
 
Fancier said:
I keep thinking about the 3.5 grinding sample blades that Guy destruction tested, and more specifically, I don't think that they were heat treated yet.
As I understand the sequence it is cut out, grind, heat treat, and then surface finish, assemble and sharpen.
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We were doing things in that order when we first started the new spec models, in an effort to make things smoother for our previous production grinding company. The qualities that make CPM-3V awesome also make it a bit harder to work with. With the change to Millit, we also changed a lot about the grinding steps. They use completely different equipment to get that primary bevel we love so much. So we were able to change things back to the old way: cut, heat treat, grinding.
 
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