Order of hardening and sharpening

[grepper]

I'm pretty clueless about knife making, so a simple question:

When making a knife, is the final sharpening done before or after hardening?

[wadebevan]

There are a lot more qualified people than I on this subject, but, in my experience and my reading on the subject, I leave about .030" on 'edge' side of the blade to be removed and sharpened after HT.
HT likes to warp thin material, and I had this happen on a test HT for a small blade.

[scott.livesey]

final sharpening is done after hardening and tempering. with thin stock, 1/16" or less, I oil quench to black then put between plates in a vise till a room temperature which helps prevent warping.

[Mark Reich]

Succinctly, sharpening is the final step before boxing for delivery.

Before that, the sheath is fitted.

Before that, you haft the blade.

Before that, the blade is heat treated.

I only skipped about 50 steps.