Seki-Japan????

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I have an old SS Police (without a groove in the lock release), and it says, on the base of the blade, Seki-Japan. What does this mean? Are different materials put into these blades? What's the difference?
 
Seki, Japan is the city and country where the knife was made. Spyderco makes their higher end knives in the U.S, all other are from Japan. I'm not familiar with the steel used in early police models. Someone here will know though.
 
Hi,

I must diagree with ElectricZombie who wrote: "Spyderco makes their higher end knives in the U.S..."

I see things the opposite way: The higher quality pieces come from Seki -Japan, with all due respect to the Military, Starmate, Gunting etc... Their overall quality of craftmanship is FAR less than gems like Civilian, Viele, Lum etc.. who are made in Seki-Japan
 
I must also disagree with ElectricZombie. Japan has been making some of the finest knives in the world since before the U.S. was discovered. Japan makes the blades for several knife companies that are in other countries.
If you look on the police blade, the other side should have the Spyderco name, and probably G2 stainless or Gin1 written. This steel is Gingami steel and is considered to be very high quality. Some people now prefer other steels for their blades, but it is a very high quality steel.
I think ElectricZombie was thinking "Taiwan", not Japan.

Ouch.
 
Wait, so is the blade stainless or carbon steel? And my knife only says Seki-Japan and Spyderco on the blade, and gives the patent number on the clip. Is this an old one or something? If someone could tell me what kind of steel the blade is made of, I would be extremely grateful.
 
IIRC, if the steel is American, the knife gets made in Colorado. If they use Japanese steel, then they are made in Seki City. Why ship the steel back and forth?
 
Hi all. By "higher end knives", I meant Spyderco's CMP-440v knives...Spyderco's $100 and up knives. I certainly didn't mean to imply that the ones made in Seki, Japan are by any means cheap, they are quite the opposite. I've owned a few Seki, Japan Spydercos, and think they are excellent knives, every bit as well made as the US ones. Sorry for the confusion.
 
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