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So there's this knife on massdrop that in the discussion people were asking whether the knife was forged or stamped, and the makers (or somebody in the know about the knife's production) responded rather curiously with "The BD1N steel is forged. The blade is laser cut". I'm curious as to what this could possibly mean. Does it mean that they "forge" a sheet of metal and then laser cut knife blanks out of it? And what would forging a sheet of metal even mean then?
I might just be getting confused about the meaning of forging, but forging a steel and then laser cutting the knife just doesn't seem to make sense.
here's a link to the knife although I think you need a massdrop account to actually look at it
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdr...efs-knife?utm_source=linkshare&referer=66KGXE
also the maker's selling point seems to be that the knife's bolster "is specifically designed to guide the hand into a pinch grip." :lol2:
I might just be getting confused about the meaning of forging, but forging a steel and then laser cutting the knife just doesn't seem to make sense.
here's a link to the knife although I think you need a massdrop account to actually look at it
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdr...efs-knife?utm_source=linkshare&referer=66KGXE
also the maker's selling point seems to be that the knife's bolster "is specifically designed to guide the hand into a pinch grip." :lol2: