This weekend I bought a medium sized sheath knife at the State Fair (yeah, I know) with this brand name and I can't find anything about it on the net. I assumed it was made in China or East Goat Kissastan but cannot locate any country of origin markings. Seems surprisingly well made so I was curious.

Sounds like somebody was selling a knock off of the Lakota. Lakotas are good knives but I’ve never heard of a Nakota.

This is a Moki Lakota. Its made in japan. I remember giveing around a $100s for it in a upscale shop in jackson wyoming about 20 years ago. I carry this one the most.

There's a knife maker in NM(?) ,,Pinto Custom,,that has a sheath knife labled the 'Nakota'




You probably already saw the http://nakotaknives.com/ website that doesn't display anything else but the home page (at least for me it doesn't!)
Don't know who or what they are/were, or even if they offered a sheath knife.



Knives at a State Fair??,,cause for a lock down around here!

Yeah, my wife commented on that. Before going into the State Fair I'd stashed my pistol in the truck because according to our odd laws you can carry a pistol into the fair but not into the buildings. At the gate the Ohio State Highway Patrol was either making you go through a metal detector with you pockets empties or wanding you looking for "weapons". I opted for the wanding and managed to palm the SAK I always carry behind my car keys.

After I bought this sheath knife and a locking folder marked "Profero" my wife commented on the irony of being able to purchase a larger knife inside than I'd ever have gotten through the gate with. I told her it was law, not logic.

Indian knife. Apparently now out of business.
These guys are also sometimes called YANKTONS. The term Nakota (or Nakoda or also Nakona) is the endonym used by the native peoples of North America who usually go by the name of Assiniboine (or Hohe), in the United States, and of Stoney, in Canada.

They are Dakotan-speaking tribes that broke away from the main branches of the Sioux nation in earlier times. They moved farther from the original territory of present-day Minnesota into the northern and northwestern regions: Montana and North Dakota of the present-day United States and Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta of present-day Canada. Later they became competitors for resources and enemies of their former language-family "allies". (In each of the dialects, nakota, dakota and lakota means "friend" or "ally".)

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PRC is Peoples Republic of China. Many knife makers have steered away from "China" simply because of the Not USA made.

I'm not sure we're they are made but I think Colt has a line of
hunting knives by that name. Blades are stainless and handles
are stacked Alumilum & black plastic. I think they were being
sold by Smokey Mt. last year. I don't pay much attention to
knives with stainless blades, regardless of who made them or
where.