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Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:20 pm
by abhishekgurrapu
Dear Friends,

I am planing to start a new product line of protection/hunting/adventure knives in my factory.
I wanted to know a few things like:
1. your opinion.
2. procedure that i will have to follow
3. Legal issues.
Kindly feel free to respond....ur valuable suggestion are welcome..

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Cheers nd Good life

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:05 pm
by alameinite
Best of luck for the plan. Do post pics and info about the products when ready. Regards
Alameinite

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Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 10:16 am
by essdee1972
Brilliant idea! I am sure you'll find a lot of customers / reviewers here!

As for legal process, you can try contacting people who import knives - like the folks at oliveplanet, outdoortravelgear, lightorati, etc. I believe there is no industrial scale producer of quality outdoor knives in India (haven't come across one myself). You can also try speaking to the kitchen knife makers / importers like Godrej Cartini, Anjali, etc. Maybe the guys at Precihole would also be able to give some guidance.

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:30 pm
by discovershashank
All the best brother

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:22 pm
by nitinkunte
All the best Abhishek, do let us know when u start the production. I will be interested in tactical knives.

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:02 am
by nagarifle
hollow ground blades will be good.

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:17 am
by brihacharan
All the Best abhishek :D
I am in line - when your first batch of blades are out!!!
Briha

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:10 pm
by essdee1972
I am just behind Brihaji!

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:40 pm
by kshitij
hi abhishek,

i am based in navi mumbai. we have our own in-house laser cutting and sheet metal fabrication set up. we currently do a lot of jobs for various saw blade and cutting tool manufacturers. we have worked with various steel grades, though the final finish is done at our customers end. the thicknesses we work with are typically from 0.1mm upto 10mm for the blades. i have done a couple of knives of myself and close friends... i'd be glad to help you out in any way possible...

cheers,
kshitij

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:39 pm
by kshitij
attaching a recent piece i made for a friend... just to give you an idea of what can be done...

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:57 am
by alameinite
Hi Mr Kshitij,
Very impressive piece of art indeed. Just three queries about this piece.
a. Thickness and grade of steel used
b. Is it up for sale and if yes,for how much ?
Sorry for the second straight forward one,but can't help it.
Regards

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:58 am
by brihacharan
kshitij wrote:attaching a recent piece i made for a friend... just to give you an idea of what can be done...
> Awesome job :clap:
> Especially like the profiling & contours - appears well balanced too!!!
Briha

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:42 am
by kshitij
alameinite wrote:Hi Mr Kshitij,
Very impressive piece of art indeed. Just three queries about this piece.
a. Thickness and grade of steel used
b. Is it up for sale and if yes,for how much ?
Sorry for the second straight forward one,but can't help it.
Regards
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
A. Thickness was about 5mm. Steel grade was SS316, he didnt intend to use it on anything but just wanted a show piece that wouldnt rust. Normally have CR65, 75CR1, SS316, 420HC, 440C and SK5 in the workshop.
B. Its not up for sale because i have already gifted it to some one. But since he stays next door, i can always get it back to show you guys.
C. Its free. Or actually its worth a couple of beers :D

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:21 pm
by marksman_dd
kshitij wrote:attaching a recent piece i made for a friend... just to give you an idea of what can be done...
that's a true art..
nice work
can u design a Rambo Style Knife if Ordered ????

Re: Starting a Knife Production Line

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:09 pm
by kshitij
Hi marksman_dd,
Glad you liked it.
I do not make/design these for commercial purposes. Made that one for a close friend.
Cheers.