Amazing look and ridiculous cheap price knives

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ERRN said:
This fascinates me too. I see it with the guitar market too. There is a huge number of counterfeit Gibson guitars that come out of China. The majority play and sound like trash, but people buy them. It seems there is a market of people that want to have something that looks branded like the high end original, but don't seem to care that it doesn't perform even as well as a low end American made, or legitimate foreign made alternatives. Looks are nothing to me without performance, so I don't get it either.
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I suppose it is too appeal to friends as a collector's piece. If you showed me a Chinese "Gibson" hanging on a wall, I wouldn't know the difference. But then, I assume friends who would appreciate a real Gibson, would also want to hear such a piece being played... at which point the truth would come out. So it really seems like a lose-lose to me.
 
Can we just ban everyone who brings up Gonzo's please! It is so annoying that this people keep this crap up.

It's just free advertising to them. Not to mention they just copy everyone else for their own gain in free advertising.
 
I have nothing useful to contribute, I just wanted to be included before the thread gets locked.
 
Cray said it earlier and I think it bears repeating:

Hate these threads, but it is great to see so many members voicing the same opinions on this subject.
I got a warm fuzzy reading this thread.
Joe
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I do not support this blantant form of knockoff. However I heard Ganzo, Enlan and Sanrenmu are actually decent quality knives. I heard RealSteel is something like Sanrenmu's premium brand. I wish that those chinese brands would focus more on making their own designs. As long as there are people desiring these knockoffs people will buy them. Sanrenmu has one knife that looks like a Sebenza, no one seems to mind that.
 
They don't have quality people are just saying that to sell them and those people often have never seen quality knives.

Ask yourself why they copy? And ask how they "advertise"?

If they could make quality they would be making their own designs. But that's not happening.
 
These things are sort of like a Pontiac Fiero. Yes, it kind of looks like a Ferrari, but it's going to leave a bad taste in your mouth and will make people dislike you even more than that beater Camry you had before.

If you can only afford, or simply don't want to spend more than $20-30 on a knife that's perfectly fine. Just buy a respectable, we'll performing $20-30 knife instead of some janky knock-off.

The KC Exclusive Kershaw OSO Sweet is a great looking, great performing blade for a whopping $20.

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And there are plenty more available where that came from in all sizes and styles.
 
anders098 said:
18 dollars for one Ganzo vs 200 dollars for similar benchmade.
my first grade math teacher taught me 30 years ago already. LOL
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Like Joe said, I hate these threads too. I would only mention that education that extends beyond the first grade generally includes the teaching of ethics.
 
Yes... knives that appear to be nice knives. I got a Ganzo as a gift with thier amazing "440c" and I swear the bumper on my old suburban takes a better edge. It WAS very sharp when I got it new. I cut a couple boxes open and was dull. Will not hold and edge. I keep it only because the family member that gave it to me meant well and will continually ask about it.
 
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I think the issue is some patriots just cannot stand and would not try to believe chinese can produce high quality products with lower cost.
Let's face it, even Trump buys Chinese steel to build Trump building. Ostrich syndrome is one factor that our country is not great anymore. Realize it, face it, work harder and stop complaining about Chinese.
People in states are getting so lazy nowadays and only thing we are not forgetting to do is to blame all issues to Chinese and Russians.
 
Dimitar said:
I think the issue is some patriots just cannot stand and would not try to believe chinese can produce high quality products with lower cost.
Let's face it, even Trump buys Chinese steel to build Trump building. Ostrich syndrome is one factor that our country is not great anymore. Realize it, face it, work harder and stop complaining about Chinese.
People in states are getting so lazy nowadays and only thing we are not forgetting to do is to blame all issues to Chinese and Russians.
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Uh huh.

Did you know ostriches actually don't stick their heads in the sand?
 
Dimitar said:
I think the issue is some patriots just cannot stand and would not try to believe chinese can produce high quality products with lower cost.
Let's face it, even Trump buys Chinese steel to build Trump building. Ostrich syndrome is one factor that our country is not great anymore. Realize it, face it, work harder and stop complaining about Chinese.
People in states are getting so lazy nowadays and only thing we are not forgetting to do is to blame all issues to Chinese and Russians.
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A. Your politics absolutely don't belong in this area, read the rules.
B. Your lack of reading comprehension is laughable. Almost everyone here would agree that there are some exceptionally high quality knives coming from China these days. Our complaints stem from the thievery.
 
more than one people in thread claimed me advertising ganzo. The truth is NO.
do not judge me by this one post. I am interested in Knives. Both high-end and budget knives. I didnt see this coming, by posting some nice photos about ganzo knives. They are not counterfeit, and the quality is superb, period. That's all I want to say today. Happy new years guys.
 
Dimitar said:
I think the issue is some patriots just cannot stand and would not try to believe chinese can produce high quality products with lower cost.
Let's face it, even Trump buys Chinese steel to build Trump building. Ostrich syndrome is one factor that our country is not great anymore. Realize it, face it, work harder and stop complaining about Chinese.
People in states are getting so lazy nowadays and only thing we are not forgetting to do is to blame all issues to Chinese and Russians.
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Are you kidding? I love Chinese manufacturers that make high quality original knives. We knives, rike knife, reate knives all three have original design and really high quality. While some people are anti china it's due to companies like Gonzo and others that replicate things at much lower quality and base there advertising off of those brands so people will buy them. So no wonder why they think that.

Stop supporting these terrible toys that rip others off for their own profits.
 
Dimitar said:
I think the issue is some patriots just cannot stand and would not try to believe chinese can produce high quality products with lower cost.
Let's face it, even Trump buys Chinese steel to build Trump building. Ostrich syndrome is one factor that our country is not great anymore. Realize it, face it, work harder and stop complaining about Chinese.
People in states are getting so lazy nowadays and only thing we are not forgetting to do is to blame all issues to Chinese and Russians.
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You're way off base. A ton of members from BladeForum are Chinese or American Born Chinese including myself. The issue is not with legitimate enterprises like Kizer and Reate. The issue is with Companies stealing patterns designed by others. Eg stealing the axis lock from Benchmade or Protechs Godfather design.

Ppl on the forum love the knife hobby so the same debate happens with brands like Quartermaster who have shady business practices, not too long ago the forum defended a Chinese manufacturer Kizer Cutlery against the shady business practices of Tim Britton an American, so you really have no business saying what you are saying unless you are trolling, which I won't assume for now.
 
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