Respectfully, I've handled and used a few Chinese Spydercos and they are not bad knives at all. Some of the other big brands that outsourced to China I cannot say the same for. The Japanese knives from Seki-City are far more collectable, but I really did not notice a huge difference in quality. Not like comparing a made in USA Schrade Sharpfinger to a made in China Schrade-Taylor LLC "Sharpfinger" that is so dull out of the box it won't cut cold butter and the steel is something like rebranded 420 that may not even be heat treated.