Does yours have the blue up front
Nope. But the ones Ben is selling these days do.
and dimples down the edge of the bed?
Yes, the one I bought from Ben has those same dimples down the edge of the bed.
Have you ever seen Chinese writing on his stones?
Nope, but then, I haven't bought stones from him in about 12-15 years. I never bought any of those 120 grit stones from him that people were complaining about. Mine cut very well. Ben changed suppliers and producers several times over the past 15 years.
I had heard of this before, and it is about as blatant as patent infringement gets.
You'll get no argument from me on that point. There are entire police departments, both Federal and State, that deal only with the growing business of knock-offs, be they Louis Vuitton handbags, Rolex watches, or pirated DVDs.
The knife world is ravaged with this.
The
whole world is ravaged with this.
Does this not trouble you?
Yes, it does. What does that have to do with the original poster's question?
What about the guy that gets a great idea that is patent able, but knows enforcing the patent would be impossible? Have you ever been faced with this?
In my field, theft of intellectual property is rampant. I've had dozens of pieces stolen, and only been able to collect for a few of them.
Whether or not it works as well as an Apex is completely immaterial.
On the contrary, it is absolutely germain to this thread.
FCM415 said;
"That there is a blatant knock-off of an awesome product the Edge Pro Apex. Not only is it a knock-off it is also a certified POS." My response was, how do you know it's a POS? For all anyone knows, it may actually be more effective... There doesn't seem to be a single person who's actually seen it.
I wasn't debating the validity or legality of knock-offs. There is nothing to debate. It's wrong. Period.
But we have absolutely no idea if this device is effective, which was the original poster's question!
It's morally, ethically and in several other ways (without getting political) "Inferior to the Apex".
Yep, no doubt about a knock-off being morally, ethically and legally inferior to the Apex.
But that doesn't mean it sharpens a knife poorly.
And THAT was the question asked by the OP.
Most folks think that when a company orders the production of 50,000 widgets, the producer only makes 50,000 widgets. In fact, the producer may make 52,500 widgets in the process of setting up the assembly line, getting the logos straight, training the line workers, etc. Do you think he throws away those extra 2,500 widgets? Or does he sell them, unbranded, to a company that specializes in buying up over-runs and selling them at discount prices. Most of us have shopped at these sorts of discount houses at one time or another... Today, the biggest discount house of all is called E-bay. Why do you suppose that
so many sellers can offer such low prices on goods? Do we imagine they are ALL knock-offs?
Stitchawl
. And obvious this knock-off didn't infringed EP's trademark.
