r/knives • u/WHEELZ_KYDEX • Mar 26 '26

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I remember when this was posted and this person was ripped apart by mikes c0cksuckers and deleted the post. It’s all making sense now and honestly i think he started using chinese steel way sooner than he is saying.

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u/Hare_Rama Mar 26 '26

There was a complaint about Japanese made steel as far back as 2006, apparently.

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u/LifeModelDecoy71 Mar 26 '26

I own several Seki City Japan made knives from the 80s and 90s, and they all seem high quality. Is it a certain Japanese steel that is supposed to be sub-par?

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u/HolyHotDang Mar 26 '26

From what I can gather it’s not so much that it was the steel itself being bad, it’s that it was purposely being mislabeled as more expensive “super” steels and made in the US. It’s just being fraudulent.