Well I'm pretty ashamed to admit it. It's a Daniel Koster custom. He is a knife maker over in Bentonville Ar. I purchased 3 of his knives from retailers that bought stock from him. He makes nice knives. That being said Daniel Koster is a crook, thief, swindler, con man, take your pic. If you do a search on Bladeforums you will see much to back this up. Back in 2016 he started a Kickstarter program to build custom folders. He got 50-55 backers, myself included. It was at the least unscrupulous to use Kickstarter for this purpose since it is for people trying to start a business, not for established businesses. There was already a two year + waiting list for his knives. He was promising to start delivering these folders in 6 months. I saw it as a way to jump the line. He normally requires 50% deposit with orders. With Kickstarter you have to pay the entire price up front which I did. He got $22K to start the project. I knew he would never make that deadline, but was willing to wait a year or two. To this day I think he delivered less than 5 knives. The litany of excuses he used when backers would ask him how he was progressing got to the point of comical. After two years, I threaten to take legal action if he didn't refund my money. He said I would have to find someone to take my place in line before he would. After another heated exchange he did finally refund me. I still go back to the project page once and a while to amuse myself at how people are still asking him for a status update just to see if he responds. It's been over a year since he last did so. There is zero chance the remainig backers will ever see a knife or their money unless they take some kind of class action suit against him. By now he has probably faked his own death to avoid following through on his commitment. Here is the link if you want to amuse yourself and read the whole saga.
My dad gave it to me in 2005. It’s a browning z180, made it Italy. It’s gutted and quartered an unknown amount of critters. It doesn’t take an edge like it used to and the serrations are mainly for looks only at this point- buts it’s been a dang fine knife that’s put up with a lot of abuse and still wotks. I’d buy another if I found one.
