Yeah based on country of origin it's either anigre, even "anEgre", or Ayous. I've had the Diablo in 5+2 since the late 90's so I stand my words. It's the original one. I can tell cos' I've damaged one too.
I am not trying to prove that you are wrong or anything, but this makes me curious, so I made a little research.
Like I mentioned previously, my Diablo is 3+2 and when I tried to get a replacement many many years later, I found that it becomes 5+2. So I am curious, when they started to change the composition.
Based on my internet findings, Donic catalog year 2011 from Japan shows that Diablo layers are 3+2
But an English catalog from 20125 shows that Diablo is already 5+2
I found other description (from Donic) that said it is 3+2 as well.
My Diablo is an old one, but I can't see 5+2 similar to what you have shown us in previous post. What I am curious about is: (a) Did Donic designed it as 3+2 and then changed to 5+2 or (b) based on your experience, there are 2 versions: 3+2 and 5+2 at the same time.
I have read few posts (in other forums) long time ago where the posters complained that they got Dicon as 6-ply and WSC as 6+2 as well (the core is split into 2). IIRC, they are in the Asian market. But in the catalog, Donic never mention that they have the split core (thus extra 1 additional ply). This was back before Donic introduced Donic Otcharov Original Senso Carbon (6-ply + 2 carbon). I even have a Dicon where it is written as Master Dicon and not Waldner Dicon. I asked Donic about this and they said that it is the same thing.
So I suspect that Donic might have the 5+2 version intended for other market. May be a Donic collector can share his/her experience about this.
Anyway, my Diablo is a very good blade. I even like it more that Waldner Senso Carbon. Too bad Donic discontinued it. I still keep my Diablo safe for collection.
