This is an Aristocrat folding knife made in Seki, Japan. It features a stainless steel blade and handle with abalone inlays. Blade has a tight lockup with good snap. This has a lockback lock with the lever also locking into place on the blade, so has a double lockup. To release, you must fold the lever out of the blade and then push down/back to release the lockback mechanism. This is a manual action knife and requires the blade to be opened with pressure on blade. A very well-made knife.