It's pretty reasonable to assume that they have at least small stockpiles of blade blanks for most of the knives they have produced. After all, with an unconditional lifetime warranty, you've gotta keep a couple on hand so you can replace a blade if it breaks.


A lot of those blanks have been used for either re-issues at shows, tweaks to old designs, or all-out custom shop pieces. For example, the Easton show had a fighter that was based on a BM-E blank that had been ground into a totally new shape, and also had a pair of ZT SH-E's. Other shows lately have been getting Heavy Heart blanks, that have been given a full flat grind (HH's were saber ground), and sold at HH prices.

Plus, there are the special new designs that are introduced specifically at shows, like the recent Swamp Rat Vex.