I understand that people are worried about knife production in China but their are examples of great quality coming from the country:
- When IBM sold its laptop division to Lenovo we all got scared but Lenovo's Thinkpad are still fantastic laptop
- I wanted to add Foxconn but that's actually Taiwan
Also in the 60's Made in Japan was synonymous with cheap quality (speaking about industrial production there) yet we would be remiss to think this way nowadays.
The man who literally taught me how to shoot once told me something very true. The Chinese can produce in any quality you want, it all depends on how much you are willing to pay.
Last but not least, Nemesis Knives who produce the Mar Private Reserve knives have their production made in China...
Soooo maybe there is hope.
I am happy about the AUS-8 for the classical raptor knives (especially if prices are divided by two for the same manufacturing quality) as well as the Damasteel but not too happy about the D2 steel idea, I really wished for ZDP-189 I guess things such as steel choice or my opinion can change in the future...
Hello Boud,
I don't agree with your saying of "Chinese can produce in any quality you want."
I have been using IBM computers for 30 years.
IBM used to have the longest five years guaranty for computers, but the reason I got a new one was that the CPU was too slow for a new system.
I only brought my computer to their service center once before they sold the company to Lenovo in 2005.
As I remembered that I was the only person who was waiting for testing and a quote if it needed a repair or some adjustment, but after I bought a new one with some parts made in China, it was not happy and soon decided not to work for me.
I brought it to the service center to see if it lost appetite.
Do you know how many customers were waiting for service?
It was crowded and I guessed more than 100 were waiting for the queue to be called.
This is the Chinese quality you mentioned.
It took me three hours to wait for changing a new ROM and extra traveling time to get my computer fixed.
I am not telling a lie.
We all know China is the top one raw steel production country, but they don't know much about metallurgy.
Their knives are badly heat-treated or not heat-treated at all.
Do you collect China made knives? I don't but I use them to do throwing, skinning, trapping, opening cardboard box,
wood cutting, gardening, and even opening canned goods.
I expressed my gratitude when they could not offer any service at the end of their life span.
They have many uses and I like them, but I don't collect them.
I am a good storyteller.
I can tell you a lot of stories about Chinese knives.