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The concept
Bladesmiths spend 40 hours making a custom knife, then track it on a janky Google Sheet that has no idea what a quench plate is. Hilt is the build journal that feels like a leather-bound shop book — photo-first timelines, heat-treat profiles for common steels, and customer specs in one place. When a knife is done, Hilt generates a customer-facing "story page" the buyer can frame.
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Where it stands
This entry preserves the idea in the lab index; its current market case has not been refreshed.