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am an avid reader of knifenerds, and you know, D2 is a great performer.
And its sharp enough out of the box that when you slice your finger, it doesnt even really hurt
Sal at Spyderco has mentioned that there are plenty of steel manufacturers in China who will happily stamp whatever steel name you want on a blade and that their in-house testing has convinced them that lots of steels listed as D2 simply aren’t. I will only be buying D2 blades from reputable manufacturers, no doubt.Just be careful buying Chinese. I have one Chinese knife that was advertised to be D2 steel which either isn't D2 or is very poorly heat treated. It's way too soft to be properly heat treated D2. It was cheap enough that I'm not even really upset about it, but it was a good lesson.
Also, one other thing to be aware of is that the Chinese do not restrict themselves to doing knockoffs of U.S. designs. There are also documented situations where they are doing knockoffs of other Chinese made knives.
Saw one situation where a guy sent a knife off to be tested and it turned out to be a knockoff of the Chinese knife he thought it was and also found that had a different blade steel than what was stamped on it. Oddly enough, the scales which were advertised as Titanium actually turned out to be Titanium.
I carried one of those on the Saturday float trip with two of my grandsons + one of their friends. I consider that particular knife to be one of the great values available today. Taiwan is NOT China. When it comes to China sourced knives, it's always a hard pass from me. Not only do I not trust anything from there, I refuse to support their economy in any way.https://www.knifecenter.com/item/KA...yote-tan-plain-blade-steel-blue-zytel-handles
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You at least know that when they say it is D2 it is D2.
I carried one of those on the Saturday float trip with two of my grandsons + one of their friends. I consider that particular knife to be one of the great values available today. Taiwan is NOT China. When it comes to China sourced knives, it's always a hard pass from me. Not only do I not trust anything from there, I refuse to support their economy in any way.
I only buy American made knives. Well, and a single Fox knife from Italy. Though i think my Ka-Bar machete is from Taiwan.
My lathe is from Taiwan, as are a couple of my MAC precision measuring tools. Quality is pretty good. Not USA quality, but leaps and bounds ahead of chinese products.