SQUARE HOUSES PART V
The blade is finished. Now comes the final and crucial test: the etching of the blade. It is the final quality-control examination she must pass before becoming a finished High-Endurance Performance Knife for sale to a future client.
Have you ever looked at a mirror and found yourself wondering what secrets lie beneath the surface? A blade with a mirror finish may reveal some of the quality of the workmanship that went into the knife—about the same way makeup and plastic surgeons can develop a beauty queen—but many secrets can lie underneath the surface. The secrets include essential aspects like quality and type of steel, heat treat, grain flow and structure. You can’t see these qualities, so you musk ask the maker and rely on his or her answers.
A blade with an honest etch holds no secrets—all is revealed for you to see and
