The largest Sanmai III fixed blades are made by Hattori. However the Sanmai III models remained strictly Seki production. The carbon steel was SK5 and stainless was AUS-8A & 10A both imported to Taiwan from Japan. At the same time Cold Steel moved all of their folding knife manufacturing from Seki Japan to Taiwan.
Cold steel first went to Mainland China ( People's Republic of China) but allegedly due to quality issues they switched to Taiwan for production. In 2007 Camillus New York went bankrupt and Cold Steel was forced to find a new manufacturer for their carbon steel fixed blades. They also had two models made in Taiwan, both of which switched to Japan in 2000.
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Their imported knives were nearly all made in Seki, Japan using AUS-8 which Cold Steel labelled "400 Series Stainless". by Camillus using a carbon steel given the trademarked name "Carbon V" (read "carbon five"). Cold Steel marketed knives made for them in the U.S.
Ĭold Steel is credited with popularizing the American tantō in 1980. Their knives are used by military and law-enforcement personnel worldwide. The company's products include fixed blade knives, folding knives, swords, machetes, tomahawks, kukris, blowguns, walking sticks, Tantōs and other martial arts items and training equipment. Cold Steel "Lucky" Gentleman's pen knife made in Italy of S35VN Steel, with 2 5/8" blades.
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