(05-29-2018, 12:23 PM)Redman Wrote: Piece of cake. Cut the thread on a lathe or threading machine, move to mill and cut the relief using a cutter with concave radius to match the root diameter of the thread. There could be other ways to skin that cat.
Me -> 45 years in machine shops.
That's how I figured they did it. Especially since you can see the lead in/out near the handle end.
Benny