NJBillK
Custom Leather and Fixed Blade modifications.
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It might be, but at this stage of finish, I don't think they would be doing much material removal. They would risk the action by introducing foreign matter into the spring and pivot.Is it possible they don't have the final edge yet?
This would mostly be due to their needing to remove near 1/8" of blade length from the tip to offer a round belly.
It was likely just a process of quick shaping, since pressing the blade flat to chew out material is faster than rotating the blade to create the belly. This would yield the flat edge near the tip when roughing in the blade shape.
Granted, it doesn't take much to turn the blade from flat to tip on the machine, but however slight the difference, it is more work than just pressing it flat into the belt and rounding the junction where the two edges apex.