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Lakota Teal

Vintage 1970's Lakota Teal ~ S. Sakurai ~ Seki, Japan ~ Lockback ~ Stainless Steel/Brass Liners

This is one of several Lakota Teal's that I own, and it is the one that was gifted to me in the 70's by a co-worker. The two flying teal on either side were originally inlaid with 24K gold and the stainless steel scales wore a brushed finish. Time erased the gold and I polished the once brushed scales to a mirror finish. This knife is one of my most highly cherished possessions and has seen daily service for more than 40 years.

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Tags: Lakota, Seki-Japan, Teal, Vintage

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Comment by tim payne on June 23, 2015 at 20:51: awesome stailnless seki lakota ron! love the pics.

Comment by Jan Carter on June 22, 2015 at 15:57: Helps a great deal Ron. I actually like AUS8, it holds up well to use

Comment by Ron Cooper on June 21, 2015 at 6:52: Be careful, KC. Since I have about 7 of these, and with another one coming on Monday, I would gladly trade a Teal or two for that sweet little lock box of yours. Ha! Thanks for the compliment!

Comment by Kees ( KC ) Mension on June 21, 2015 at 6:16: what a fantastic job to polish it !!! a real stunning piece !!

i would trade that for my old moneybox anytime ron hahaha

no really..... GREAT KNIFE !

Comment by John Bamford on June 21, 2015 at 1:08: Fantastic looking knife Ron .

Comment by Ron Cooper on June 21, 2015 at 0:42: Jan,

To the best of my knowledge I believe that the steel used in these Lakota knives was AUS-8a. The difference between AUS8 and 8a is that the latter is heat treated. AUS8 and 8a are both very similar to the 440 steels that most of us are familiar with. 440 being an American steel and the AUS steels are Japanese.

I hope that helps?

Comment by Jan Carter on June 20, 2015 at 19:32: All I ever see on these is stainless or high carbon stainless. Do you know what steel they actually used?