Small blades into the fire

Small blades into the fire

Here, a worker puts spindles of small standard Swiss Army Knife blades on a conveyor in order to put them through a furnace that will subject them to temperatures of 1,050 degrees Celsius in order to harden the stainless steel, making it possible for the blades to last for decades rather than begin to fall apart nearly immediately.

July 12, 2011 4:03 AM PDT

Photo by: Kathleen Craig

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman

 

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