Replies to post #70367 on Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[HIKER_II]

I would guess costs or possibly time. They would have had to make another mold for it and they definitely wanted it ready for the biggest knife show of the year. It looks like they barely finished it in time as it is.

[Watts Watt]

They ran out of available grams per shot. Only two knife halves were permissable to get maximum size for the knife.

Nobody is going to pay for another mold just to make clips for the knife.

Further, I am sure the clip is one that MA has been using for years and it would only make sense to use existing inventory.

Just my speculation.

[Watts Watt]

Further to my post:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=114075011

As I suspected, the knife was made in one mold and just as forecast by the Liquidmetal Blog:

Note the specification cites:

Overall length of the Hybrid Knife™ is 5.0 inches, and weighs approximately 2.7 oz / 76.5 grams. Current limitations per 100 gram ingot is a wastage of 20 percent for the sprues, grab handles, etc.

So, that doesn't leave much room for the third part if you are trying to make the knife as large as possible and still make both halves in one mold.