I also have the 12" AK with similar markings. The fit and finish is superb compared to all my other HI's.
When showing it to a friend, I kind of put it through an impromptu torcher test, smacking old dead oak that had been waterlogged for several weeks out on the fire wood pile. I'd smack and smack until my arms got tired without any problems. (And with this light weight knife, chopping till you get tired takes quite awhile.)
So then I thought I’d show him some “light batoning”. I picked up a section of oak that was about 8” thick and full of knots. I mean why not right? And with another piece of firewood I started smacking…
and smacking…
and smacking…
About 6” deep I hit a large knot that I just couldn’t seem to punch through. So I had my friend grab a bigger piece and start smacking my little blade as hard as he could with two hands. So he started smacking the knife just about everywhere except where he was supposed to. Near the tip, near the handle, I guess whatever he could see was a valid target right?
When I stopped cringing and opened my eyes, the knife had not made any further progress other than to get fully and truly stuck. (As a side note, the knife was dull prior to this little “warranty voiding” test. I dulled it intentionally to use as a trainer for my little boy.)
So now with my khuk reenacting a scene from “Excalibur”, I proceeded to use a highly inappropriate method to get it unstuck. Let’s just say that Uncle Bill would not approve…
But hey, you start bragging about your “indestructible” knife, you tend to go a little overboard.
Needless to say, back to the office with the khuk, a little oil, a scotch brite pad (I put this finish on all my user’s), and the khuk is back to new. Unharmed and still the prettiest in my collection.
I’d say you got your nephew a damn good knife.
Congrats and welcome 
