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You don't have to spend a lot of money on a knife. The excuse of cost in supporting counterfeits is weak. Yes, counterfeit. Buy a Ganzo that advertises as an Axis lock then you have bought a counterfeit. At least own it. If your excuse for buying a counterfeit is that you can't afford a $100 knife then there is good reason why you are poor and can't afford a $100 knife. Improve your life situation. Buy better stuff. Or don't. But don't brag about supporting counterfeiting on a knife forum.
As mentioned before, if the knife says "Ganzo" and not" Benchmade", it would be a "knockoff" or "unlicensed copy", not a "fake" or "counterfeit". I don't think the lock mechanism, being integral to the knife, would be "counterfeit" as much as "unlicensed copy".
Does it make a difference, though?
I was told that disengaging the axis lock by pulling it down with the thumb (and index finger too, if needed) and very gently flicking the blade open is a commonly used technique. Looks fine, feels good. But I'd rather hear from people who have actually been using this type of lock for years. On one side I hear people saying that an axis lock will wear in, not out and that they're built to withstand this. On the other side I hear people saying that the knives were simply not created with this opening technique in mind and that axis flicking is cheating and or/abusing.
What's your experience?
Okay op and people arguing about ganzo I gifted a guy who thought $50 was insane for a knife when I told him my delica price, a ganzo. He abused it for two years beat it to hell lock was good. Flicking and all. Then he (guy who thought $50 was outrageous) bought a benchmade 940 because he loved the lock so much. Now if it weren't for ganzo he never would have bought the benchmade meaning one less customer. The benchmade lock has lasted him a year so far flicking it and tons of other stuff so yes they last.
Yeah you can flick any AXIS lock knives, a few companies use it, and locking systems like the spyderco Manix/manix 2. I flick my Manix 2, all my BM knives with AXIS are autos. Also most knives with button locks can be flicked open too.
Owned six Ganzos and have been 'abusing' them like you stated. And those knives are still kicking.
Or rather, were still kicking. Eventually gave them away to some construction dudes since I can't stand large knives with >3" blades. Who knows whether those guys will know how to take care of and maintain them.
But at the point of time where they were given away, the axis locks were still dandy, so flick-abuse it to your heart's content.
Who said that? No one. You're so completely delusional it would be funny if it weren't so sad. March on moral soldier.
Chinese manufacturing can be of amazing quality. From what I hear, Ganzo is good quality for the money.
It doesn't change the FACT that they are THIEVES.
I don't care where something is made, just the quality of the product AND the quality of the business.
You come to a place where people are passionate about knives and you support companies that rip off honest people's work. You won't make many friends here, and the ones you do make I would be ashamed to have.
Didn't the French help us win independence from England?They license it to CS. The twist master on the other hand ripped off the French. Like we owe them anything.
Didn't the French help us win independence from England?
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Let's start making knives. We'll patent the liner lock, the frame lock, the back lock and blade detention. I'd also like to copyright blades having an edge. We'll build them with the tears and hopes of Chinese children, but said tears and hopes will be put together in the US. Sounds like we could charge 400 for our innovate entrepreneurship at the very least. 400 what? We'll see.
Lol, " homage " is an elderly homie.It's 2016 and we have a wonderfully functional global economy that's making all of us rich just like they said it would....it's "homage" not original, not stolen, but an "homage" to a great design.
Synonyms in the knife community:
Stolen/Counterfiet/homage/intellectual property theft/patent infringement/copy.
Well thanks to this thread, I'm ready to turn over and go back to sleep! :thumbup: My ignore list also grew by two entries!![]()
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