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I got this for $20 at SwordsSwords.com.

That does sound shady alright. Hope you get it.

It was often referred to as N690 steel. It's what the blade on my Campolin Zero is made of.

Despite what I read online what is your personal experience with this steel?

That's where I got the knife.

The pics are finally online.

That is what I'm trying to find out. I paid $50 for mine. I thought it was their budget line. It's well made. Same pics I sent to them: Ah, finally online: https://i.postimg.cc/W4jJwBcC/IMG-20200308-181424.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/28sWVqcz/IMG-20200308-181457.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/qv23nkS2/IMG-20...

Are you for real, Bill? :roll: At first they said "Yes, is made in Taiwan." They acknowledged it. "We didn't know about counterfeit.Can you send a pics? " It sounded like they thought I found a counterfeit knife. I'm going to send pics of the box and the knife and we'll see what they'll say. You are...

sammy the blade wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:21 pm

Snickers wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:37 pm Got an email from AKC:

Hello, yes is made in Taiwan. We didn't know about counterfeit. Can you send a pics?

This tells me that they know about it and endorses it. It's not a counterfeit.

Guess I've heard it all now.

I wonder if they sub-contracted it.

I have a WorkSharp belt sharpener but I don't want to use it on my Zero. I'd like something manual.

What would y'all recommend?

Thanks.

Got an email from AKC:

Hello, yes is made in Taiwan. We didn't know about counterfeit. Can you send a pics?

This tells me that they know about it and endorses it. It's not a counterfeit.

True that. What I'm trying to say is that if AKC is ok with them making the knife that would not make it a counterfeit, right?

I guess it's safe to say an Italian Stiletto style knife. For a while I thought it was actually made in Italy. It's made well.

You asked AKC about it? They tell you it's counterfeit? I guess I'll get the same answer from them.

Only mark on it is on the boss of the blade that says AUS-8. I sent an email to AKC about this so we'll see what they say.

oops, I missed it. On the blade it says AKC X-treme.

I don't know about that. On the box it says Designed and Engineered in Italy. Made in Taiwan.

I heard from the vendor about the box. He said that the shipper opened and checked the functions of the knife before shipping. He said he'd be happy to exchange the knives but I said no, I'll keep it. It's just cosmetic and it works well and built solid.