good tom brown tracker clone ?

[Hickory n steel]

Such an old thread but it left me wondering ... what's all the fuss with the word "clone" about ... ?

Ganzo took an Ontario RAT-1 (or ESEE) knife, changed the liner lock for an "axis" lock. With Spyderco Paramilitary they did the same. And is selling it legally.

Counterfeit is about making a knife looking like Tom Brown Tracker and selling it as Tom Brown Tracker, not as ... say ... John Black Scout.

Trying to get an illegal item on a forum such as bladeforums is stupid. But the world is full of clones that are sold legally.

It's techniy legal, but it's not exactly right.

If you can't make knives that aren't based on other companies known designs you shouldn't be making them.
I find it particularly discraceful that they know full well they can get away with it since they're all the way in China, plus they know those who buy their knives are probably not educated enough about knives to know why they shouldn't.

 

[RedneckBear]

It's techniy legal, but it's not exactly right.

If you can't make knives that aren't based on other companies known designs you shouldn't be making them.
I find it particularly discraceful that they know full well they can get away with it since they're all the way in China, plus they know those who buy their knives are probably not educated enough about knives to know why they shouldn't.

I agree with you that it's not right to copy someone else's work. I didn't realize that when I was writing my first post here (i only thought about the legal side) and I take my question back.

 

[taste.blade]

Rule 3 section 3: lmao

 

[Deinos]

Going to need that tracker to defender yourself from the zombie thread apocalypse that has been happening this past week on BF...