Flying Steel use high-tech automated processes and skilled hand-made their knives. All labor is carried out in the United States. In general, each design is cut from a pencil sketch or cardboard. Once the initial concept is established, the design is tracked into a computer drawing program and converted into a CAD file. At this stage, the overall weight and balance are calculated while taking full account of ergonomics and performance. Before finalizing, the shape should be adjusted in detail. Flying Steel build prototypes to test each expected design and make further adjustments until the design is complete. They outsourced shape cutting to a metal processing factory. These CAD files are used to program computer-controlled laser or water jet machines. They provide tool steel plates, and the shop accurately cuts their knife shapes.