Down Under Knifes: "The Outback"

I hate knife companies that answer questions about COO like this.
"FAQ
Q: Where are your knives made?
A: We have a carefully selected production partner in Asia. The knife is almost 70% handcrafted by top professional bladesmiths."

Outback knives are made in China. In a massive highly automated modern Yangjiang factory.
 
Seems These knives are getting knocked off (counterfeited) too...

"Verify that Your dealer and/or distributor is an authorized by Down Under Knives© and the source is secured. So far we have found counterfeit Outback™ bowie knives and Red Rock Raptor™ kukri style model. These are low priced, low quality counterfeits either from Pakistan or China."

 
Motorcycle Man said:
I'm interested in your source of info about the storage...I just checked mine and it's just as gleaming as it was in 01-23 when I got it.
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It's common on long stored knives. If you're handling them a few times a year it might not happen, but if a knife with nickel or brass sets around in the sheath too long, you'll see verdigris sooner or later. Googling - verdigris leather knife, will bring up stories about this across all brands. Down Under knives are 440c, so the blades should handle being stored in the sheath a little better, but still, with prolonged storage you might see a haze develop on the blade or a rust freckle.

Best to store them close, but apart.
 
As I understand it, one issue with leather causing rust or corrosion on knife blades/etc is the result of how the leather is tanned. Not all leather is tanned the same, there is vegetable tanned leather that uses plant-based oils which are less likely to cause rust/corrosion, and there is chromium tanning, which uses chemicals more likely to cause rust/corrosion.

Chromium tanning is less expensive than vegetable tanning, which makes it more common for things like mass-produced knife sheaths. However, there is additional processing that can be performed on Chromium leather to greatly reduce its corrosive tendencies, but that extra processing also increases the cost which makes it much less likely on mass-produced sheaths.

Some leather sheaths will eventually cause rust/corrosion, some won't. But if you don't know exactly how your sheath was tanned, then it's best not to store the knife in a leather sheath.

Another issue with leather sheaths causing rust/corrosion is the fact that leather will absorb moisture, either from exposure to water, or from humidity in the air. And that trapped moisture in the leather can cause blades to rust/corrode.
 
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