Awesome. I'm guessing the case knives video is a typical setup. Great to see the dude using both hands on the belt while creating the bevel. "No two knives are the same", that has been a mantra with knife enthusiasts, even down to heat treat etc. Their production seems typical of manufacturers like benchmade - they're really not huge outfits, and case is one of the bigger pocket knife manufacturers in the US. I'm guessing Henckels dwarf case and benchmade in sales - compliments of the food industry, higher unit price (than case) and being bang in the middle of the EU. They also have the luxury of not many different designs. Consider benchmade and case - these dudes have to constantly come up with new models and designs and their range is huge. Many models become discontinued.
The case scenario would explain what most people find in their new knife bevels - all those inconsistencies.
Kitchen knives - I'm not surprised. We have reasonable kitchen knives - they are the one thing that have had a consistent bevel. They are a lot easier to maintain, as you'd know, uniform high flat grind, not much belly, lots of room from the clamp to the sharpening surface means clearance. Easy to set up in a jig for sharpening. Their designs are consistent too - not much has changed in the shape and design of kitchen knives. All this makes it easier and cheaper to setup a factory for more automation that will probably never change (a few basic knife shapes), rather than using people to work with many different designs and models and even steel types.
It is a great advertisement for Henckels, just the heat treat alone. I have a 440c knife that is one of the hardest knives I own. A cheap ganzo that was probably in the center of the tray during heat treat on a good day (Monday?) at the factory
