This is shocking. I bought a Husky a couple of weeks ago and had been loving it, thinking I got a well made USA made knife. But learning it was made in China makes me feel disgusted. Not bc Chinese knives are bad, but bc the lack of transparency, trying to pin responsibility on dealers, and feeling I overpaid by about $200.
It has pretty basic construction for the price. I’ve seen a couple ZTs built like this; with screws going straight through the front scale and backspacer, screwing directly into the titanium lock-side.
Most Chinese manufacturers will at least use a locating pin in the backspacer and hardly ever screw directly into titanium. But the Hoback doesn’t do neither. The only reason I initially accepted it on the Hoback was bc I thought it was made in a small USA shop by a few guys.
But if it’s mass produced in China, they can at least make it less basic. Use some Chicago style screws, or at least let it screw into the backspacer on both sides. But having it made better would probably eat into Hoback’s almighty profits. Hoping I can return it and put the money in an honest knife company.