440V or GIN-1 Native ??

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ozelot

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Hello

This is my first post to this forum and I have got a stupid question to ask.

Today I got my new 440V Native in the mail, but after I opened the package I noticed that the blade is stamped
"GIN-1 Stainless".
Is this Native "just" one of the older ones or haven´t the markings on the blade been changed ?

I supose they send me an old GIN-1 Native instead of the ordered 440v Native, but I want to be sure bevore I send it back to get a new one.
 
It appears that you got an old one. I would definitely return it if you wanted a 440V blade. I certainly would have wanted the 440V, in fact I did. I would not want a Native in anything else.

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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller
 
Thank you.
I have already a Military in 440V and wanted the Native as smaller alternative to the big Military.
I will send the Native back tomorrow to get one in 440V.
 
If you asked for a model in a specific steel, send it back. But FYI, I have a GIN-1 steel Native, and have used it to tear up a ton of cardboard boxes at work. No complaints so far.

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Big-Target>>>>>I'm not called that because I'm an anorexic midget!!!
 
I like the 440V steel more too, BUT the Native I have is the GIN-1 and has been great so far!! Sharpens nice, etc. AND I got it at a good price.So my humble suggestion would be to consider how much you paid - 440V is harder to work and put an edge on and stuff like that, so is more expensive. And if the Native you purchased was advertised as 440V (and you paid the extra $$$) then DEFINITELY return it and ask for the 440V replacement.
John
colobbfan

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I've had more paper cuts than cuts from knives, but the knives are QUICKLY gaining!
 
They advertised it as 440V and I have paid for it. Sure, a Native in GIN-1 is also a very good knife, but I could have got it cheaper if I wanted to.
The Native is already on its way back to get an replacement.
 
You definately did the right thing. GIN-1 is decent steel, but it in no way compares to 440-V in edge retention, and while it is harder to sharpen, it needs it MUCH less often and isn't enough harder to put an edge on for me to want another blade made of it. 440-V, however, has proven itself as the best of the best in a factory knife steel so far.

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A flute with no holes is not a flute, but a donut with no holes, is a danish.
 
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