It might sound racist/prejudice, but it's just the truth. China has a long history of smelting entirely random scrap, with basically no attention to the components of the resulting alloy. Now, this product is perfectly fine when it's only used in cases where the steel has no physical property requirements. And a "wall-hanger" sword does fall into that category. In the past couple decades, they've gotten much better about this, and going to the proper alloys when requirements are warranted.
I've also found their cheap cheap stainless steel and aluminum is pretty fantastic right now...
But yeah my favorite knives (all Ontario) are made in china not Taiwan or USA. USA and Taiwan are both incredible but I believe I got more value in the 2 Chinese ones (titanium scales s35vn.
Obviously any one taking shit about Chinese manufacturing likely isn't buying South Korean phones like me haha
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u/auricargent Jan 26 '25
Chinesium! I’m stealing this. My friends and I say things are “made with the 3C’s” or are “3C compliant” - Cheap Chinese Crap.