I'm doing a bit of research for a bit of a DIY project and looking for some clarification.
Say you want to make a blade of sorts. Knife, axe, whatever.
I know most any metal place can laser cut the outline of the knife for you. Who / how would they put the initial edge on the blade though?
I don't get sharpening it, but that initial turning one flat edge into a point.
I could be wrong but it kind of seems like a bit of a specialised task and not like any metal shop will have their 'knife machine' sitting there to run a small batch through for you easy?
Hope I'm making sense here.