Recent content by emel

No problem, I looked up the announcement of the Gen.3 knives for you from May 2008: "Official Announcement regarding my XM-18 folder Due to a very large demand for my XM-18 I was not getting orders out in a very timely manner. I needed to find a way to get more knives in customer’s hands...

I hope for those guys that your knives are more affordable and easier to obtain than those hand ground XM folders..:D BTW Just checked your website, some great looking knife designs you have there !

@Suppavillin The CNC cut blades were done due to the big demand for these knives, and to keep the costs down so the average Joe who needs one (Military/LEO/EMT) can afford one too, but they are all still hand sharpened by the man himself. PS Its called CNC not C&C, stands for Computer Numerical...

Its not rocket science, the Gen. 1 and 2. are all hand ground, and easy to recognize because they have R.Hinderer on the blade, the Gen.3 and 4. have only Hinderer on the frame. But..there are also Hand ground Gen.3 and Gen.4 customs, they are also easy to recognize because they all have a...

The hand ground customs have a hollow grind, the CNC blades are not fake just CNC machined but sharpened by Rick, I guess 1400 for 2 will make them mid-tech productions, so not hand ground / customs, unless you were very lucky :D