perfect Alignment of blade&wrist

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Bad alignment, bad dimensions between bee and bolster

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Left: Bee had forged, one piece with spring

Right:Soldered Bee, not as perfect.

Industrial Production

-The stamping is done chain-wise 

in large series

-Mechanical adjustment, not by h

and, with general imprecision

-Assembly lines realized by different

 individuals and stages

-Machines and Mechanical devices

work the spring  and blade

-1 hour production time

Artisan Production

-Individual stamping

-Manual adjusting "by the eye"

-One artisan works one knife

-Craft and art in working of the

blade and spring

Return to the original:

-The spring is the same as original,

and polished inside, with

its massive hand forged bee

-The blade is carefully set not to

damage the spring at closing

-manual adjustment of the blade and

spring

-Las but not least: The nails in the

handle form the cross, the shepard's

rosary