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It certainly hasn't stopped Taylor and Ozark Trail from making 3cr13 blades. Taylor has videos showing some of their 3cr13 Imperial, Old Timer and Uncle Henry knives cutting through manila rope. And the topics on Ozark Trail knives speak for themselves. I don't own a 3cr13 blade but I don't believe they are as junk as most people here say they are; those are the people who claim that the 8cr13mov and 7cr17 blades on Schrade and S&W folders are junk.
I recall only one SRM model that uses the Axis lock, and that is the 7063 AUC. Multiple colour variants of the same model don't count as separate products.
I don't have any Talor or Ozark knives, so I can't comment on their steel. I was referring to the Kershaw 3Cr steel which I have used and rate it just a hair above pot iron
I only said "produced a lot of knives" not a lot of models. Between the original 763 series, now branded as the 7063 series, SRM has produced a great number of knives with an unlicensed device. I'm not picking on SRM, it's common among Enlan, Navy and some of the other old Chinese names. Ganzo is probably the worst offender. They're all surprisingly good knives for the money but many, in some form or another, step on the toes of those who've invented and innovated before them.