Mid Tech Future

[averageguy]

I guess, for the most part, this is the future of knives. It really is fascinating. Grind out a few good ones - machines do the rest. How many great lines of knives are possible. Maybe it's possible to just create the knife with a CAD program or on paper - don't even have to be able to grind, just understand the fundamentals of what a properly ground blade is.
Consistently perfect knives are the result. Customer may have steel and handle options.
It seems that anyone, who puts in some effort to know what makes a good knife and who has a minimum of design sense could, for a very reasonable investment of money, create a new / perfect line of knives.
The site below is what got me thinking about this.
These are "Production" knives as Mr. Hutchesen correctly identifies them on his sight.
http://www.sursumknife.com/index.html
Is this how all production knife lines / knives are currently created? How did they used to be made. Does this make other / older production methods closer to hand made than the newer generation CNC?

 

[gud4u]

Good design for intended use + quality steel + uniform manufacturing process should equal a good knife at an affordable price. That does seem to be the working formula.

It works for everybody, including the custom manufacturers, since a substantial fraction of knuts want knives with unique combinations of design, materials and finish.

There appears to be an another class of knives between 'production' and 'custom' class that emphasizes attention to detail and finish of production knives, perhaps typified by knives offered by William Henry Knives.

It's all good.