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△ Great tip, and as a longtime a fan of replacing OEM with 'custom' scales, wasn't aware of that... thx.

BTW, "Rostfrei" is German for 'rust-free' and stamped on a blade it generally just means 'stainless steel'. But if you still have the original plastic handles/scales, these days there's also plenty of vids on YouTube showing how to make a simple DIY silicone mold, and cast custom 'replacement parts'...

My first real 'knife' was a birthday present from my brother, a serrated all-stainless Moki lockback, 'Made in Japan'. Dunno what kinda steel, but it's never been sharpened, and as a boater am amazed it still cuts sisal rope and poly line as good as when I first got it over 10 years ago. https://cdn...

New to 'collecting' and used to consider D2 my 'fav' steel, but after finding a couple of nice, and affordable partially-serrated folders (great for marine environments and for cutting poly line), am really liking their 14C2N blades, apparently developed especially for their chinese-made knives by S...

Very nice, and even with a handy bottle opener! Love a lotta the 'European' and Russian knives, that are often essentially 'handmade'.

Lately been wondering how much the growing popularity of knives and EDC's has also been affected by '$nobbery' (aka, "Mine's bigger, better, whatever..."). But say, if we were blindfolded and presented with a number of different knives, price points, and after testing reasonable 'performance' for th...