The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

[Lorien]

wow

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

does it count as sleep if someone...
who isnt me...
did.... um....
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one time and ''woke up'' in a car they dont remember getting into driving at speed in a city they dont remember driving to?

NOT. ME.

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Hi Nathan,
Has there been any intel on leather sheaths for the Shiv2.0?

 

[Jetlau3111]

Nathan what are the pros and cons of magnacut vs AEBL. Where would you choose one over the other ?

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

what 3d modeling software do youuse? does it spit out G and M code?

what software should I invest in learning for manufacturing??

 

[dtmbinb]

Will the upcoming run of neck knives be offered in Magnacut? Asking for a friend. Thanks.

 

[Blues]

(Take cover!)

 

[Burke]

Will the upcoming run of neck knives be offered in Magnacut? Asking for a friend. Thanks.

and a bowie point

 

[bluemax_1]

and a bowie point

With options for a sawback and hamon?

 

[Burke]

With options for a sawback and hamon?

do you think we can get a sawback AND a blood groove?

 

[XtianAus]

With options for a sawback and hamon?

With smooth magenta G10 scales

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

what 3d modeling software do youuse? does it spit out G and M code?

what software should I invest in learning for manufacturing??

Pro engineer

Yes

Probably SolidWorks and one of the machining plugins or perhaps an old seat of mastercam 10

 

[Non.Nisi.Te]

Will FK3 have an S grind?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Will FK3 have an S grind?

Probably

I'm tooling that up now and I want to incorporate that geometry but with a different process.

 

[Non.Nisi.Te]

Probably

I'm tooling that up now and I want to incorporate that geometry but with a different process.

Cool, they were hand ground before, right?
*the finishing process with the S grind

 

[clinton1]

Probably

I'm tooling that up now and I want to incorporate that geometry but with a different process.

This is very exciting to me!!

 

[PolRoger]

Will FK3 have an S grind?

Probably

I'm tooling that up now and I want to incorporate that geometry but with a different process.

I've wondered about this for some time but could you please post/show a simple drawn out S grind profile?

Which of your CPK patterns that are already out there actually have an S grind?

I was thinking probably the Behemother and the Comp Cutter? I also think I remember you saying also that Jo's "special project" KOD Behemoth had an S grind?

Guide to Knife Grinds

 

[ferider]

I was thinking probably the Behemother and the Comp Cutter? I also think I remember you saying also that Jo's "special project" KOD Behemoth had an S grind?

SSDFK, too.

 

[Blues]

I believe the Kephart as well...if it wasn't previously mentioned.

 

[Casinostocks]

#stillnotnathan:

- HDFK (N.A.S.K for those who know)
- Competition Chopper
- EDC2
- Possibly every CPK-Chopper made up till 2018-2019 (not 100% certain about the prototype HC: Heavy Chopper), see below:

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...se-across-all-patterns.1563878/#post-17958025

The original Shiv, UF and Field Knife weren't even ground, they were just "as machined". Today our work is given a light hand grind to make a convex geometry at the shoulders and some get a shallow S grind as well. Despite being production knives these grinds go through the same manual finishing progressions of a fully hand made knife.

- DEK1
- Kephart
- SS.SDFK
- Me!