Chinese - Not just for dinner anymore...

Maybe I'm the only one who sees it, but I immediately saw a Typhoon. After all, there are Typhoon clones out there...

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45Wheelgun said:
A rather ingenious design. As delivered there was a D-Ring and leather piece on the glass breaker. This allows for the rear to be disassembled with no tools. I didn't like them, so I removed them.

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I just realized that the end of the glass break post is actually the tool needed to remove the pivot screw. This knife can be disassembled with no tools. Brilliant!

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That's pretty neat, actually. Is the bottom of the handle sandwiched together by the clip?
 
I think it looks about as tacky and gaudy as almost every other modern titanium framelock out there ( the sebenza is probably the only exception I've seen )
 
Seneca18 said:
Clone, copy, whatever it is, it looks tacky. Looks like a Tac Force dye job on an otherwise decent looking knife.
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It just looks like heat colored Ti that many here have done. I admit, it's a bit "colorful", but overall I like the look and would still carry it. [emoji41]. But I've got a pretty diverse collection, and it would be a first for me with that design and coloring.




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I'd prefer it a single color or just plain stonewashed titanium. I don't see much resemblance between that knife and the custom either.
 
Blues Bender said:
Maybe I'm the only one who sees it, but I immediately saw a Typhoon. After all, there are Typhoon clones out there...

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There seem to be clones of everything available, I'm not sure what your point is. The knife you posted is the definition of counterfeit and neither of them resemble the knife I posted (in my opinion). As I stated in my original post, there were no trademark names in the title or description of this knife. The description is done in the finest "chine-nglish", almost unreadable and rather funny it's blatant "English isn't my first language" nature, but it contained no reference to any other knife or knife maker. In my research, it was also telling that this knife was only sold by one dealer. When you look for a typhoon there are 30+ dealers selling the same knife.

Blues Bender said:
That's pretty neat, actually. Is the bottom of the handle sandwiched together by the clip?
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Yes. With very tight tolerances. The first "step" of the glass breaker post is smooth and fits the hole of the clip exactly, the second step is threaded and goes into the back spacer and the third step is the take down tool. When assembled and tightened the D-ring was perfectly centered perpendicular to the frame sides. No movement in any of the parts and the blade is tight in any position.

I realize the finish of the knife isn't everyone "cup of tea", I'm not sure I love it, I was more interested in the design and construction. The milling of the scales is very detailed and very well executed.

The action of the knife is amazing. When I showed it to my local custom knife dealer, his first thought was that it was an assisted knife, and was surprised there wasn't a spring.
 
I could do without the technicolor, but if you enjoy that knife, then that is what matters.
 
45Wheelgun said:
There seem to be clones of everything available, I'm not sure what your point is. The knife you posted is the definition of counterfeit and neither of them resemble the knife I posted (in my opinion). As I stated in my original post, there were no trademark names in the title or description of this knife. The description is done in the finest "chine-nglish", almost unreadable and rather funny it's blatant "English isn't my first language" nature, but it contained no reference to any other knife or knife maker. In my research, it was also telling that this knife was only sold by one dealer. When you look for a typhoon there are 30+ dealers selling the same knife.
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We will have to agree to disagree. My eyes see something different, but that's just my subjective opinion. Take it with a grain of salt;)

45Wheelgun said:
Yes. With very tight tolerances. The first "step" of the glass breaker post is smooth and fits the hole of the clip exactly, the second step is threaded and goes into the back spacer and the third step is the take down tool. When assembled and tightened the D-ring was perfectly centered perpendicular to the frame sides. No movement in any of the parts and the blade is tight in any position.

I realize the finish of the knife isn't everyone "cup of tea", I'm not sure I love it, I was more interested in the design and construction. The milling of the scales is very detailed and very well executed.

The action of the knife is amazing. When I showed it to my local custom knife dealer, his first thought was that it was an assisted knife, and was surprised there wasn't a spring.
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I bet it's not a bad knife! When it comes to knives nowadays, "made in China" doesn't mean what it used to. The way it's held together is pretty cool. You should take pics of it fully-disassembled.
 
beautiful knifes buddy, always thought the chinese made great qualty tools! never been much for chinese food though gives me heartburn and the runs anyway have a good one:thumbup:
 
that's a pretty cool knife, with quite a lot of handwork. You don't see a lot of that with a great many knives of this type

I like the innovative construction, and overall it's a pretty well designed flipper with reasonable b2h, a pragmatic design and desirable features

seems like a lot of cutlers are getting into colours and in some ways I feel like the 80s are back, so I'll withhold my aesthetic judgement on that and just say that raw ti has always and will always work for me

one other person, I think, pointed out that the place where this knife was made is irrelevant. I agree, and it's too bad that became a focus. This was unavoidable due to the unfortunate title for the thread

I would ask some of you to go back and look at what you wrote, as though you were a member/contributor or visitor of/to this forum, and an American of Chinese heritage. Try to understand how some of these posts could be construed by someone with that background
 
Even more impressed after taking it apart. The overtravel stop has a pocket milled into the frame so it fits flush when engaged. The steel washers fit so well you can't feel the seam when you rub your finger across them. The "pins" holding the backspacer are actually part of the design of the backspacer. Very well thought out. It looks like they used some type of bearing grease rather than oil, it was thicker than oil. I still don't know how the thumb stud is attached to the blade?
 
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Interesting. Its too bad there is no manufacturer info.

Due to the handle design already being so busy, the multichromatic anodization is too over the top for my liking.

Otherwise, neat find.

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Don Joe said:
beautiful knifes buddy, always thought the chinese made great qualty tools! never been much for chinese food though gives me heartburn and the runs anyway have a good one:thumbup:
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Sigh...........really??
 
The Chinese have stepped their game up a while ago. Reate, Kizer, Rike, Carson Tech Labs, probably a few more I haven't mentioned or am aware of.
 
Blues Bender said:
It's not an exact copy like others, but to me it's obvious where the idea came from.
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There is a similarity in the styling of the scales, with the sectioned off (for lack of a better term) areas at top and bottom, but the knives still look quite different to me.
 
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