Well I bought an emerson mini commander off of ebay. I know number one place to get a fake. Anyway the guy had good reviews knife looks legite enough I guess as far as markings. Came with box. But it seems the edge is kind of weakn. Rolls and nicks kinda easy. I gutted a few deer with it maybe bumped into some bone. Cut a piece of cloth on a table (plastic) rolled the hell out of it. Brought it back pretty quick though. Anyone have any suggestions. thanks
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got pictures of it?
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it looks authentic to me. Usually a give away to fakes are different pivot screws and torx screws on the frame. 154cm isnt one of the hardest steels out there. hitting a bone would cause a roll in the edge but as you said 154cm is rather easy to sharpen back up
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torx instead of phillips frame screws
angle and placement of the EKI logo
checkering depth and density of the G10
different finished screw holding the thumb disc (can you beleive i've gotten three DIFFERENT fakes that had this?)
and the number 1 way to tell
Magnet against the liners.
angle and placement of the EKI logo
checkering depth and density of the G10
different finished screw holding the thumb disc (can you beleive i've gotten three DIFFERENT fakes that had this?)
and the number 1 way to tell
Magnet against the liners.
yep thats about it.
most of the fakes i have seen had torx vs slot screws but thats not always true.
the magnet on the liner is a good one too but dont forget some EKI's had a steel liner on one side for a while, IIRC most if not all were k'bits though.
must say some of the fakes are getting pretty darned good, the logos and such on some are close to perfect,
oh, and FWIW the one in the pic looks legit to me..........
Emerson Doesn't harden the 154CM as hard as it can be, 59-61- or 62 if he wanted, it's only 57-59. It's ( Only my opinion) So you won't experience catastrophic blade failure. And it will be easy to sharpen in the field or anywhere else. Instead of chipping the edge out, you just rolled it a little and it was easily fixed by you. Just like it could be by anyone in a Field situation. And no chips or failure. You could probably keep processing Deer all day over and over if you just had a steel in your hand you straiten the edge from time to time. Just like a Butcher or fish man will "steel" his knife 20 times a day maybe more. Even a $200 Forschner Butchers processing knife. Or Similar priced and quality Fish knife.
And what he said on the fakes.
And what he said on the fakes.
BTW, On the Fakes, WTF Is up with Making "Perfect" fakes. If you have access to all the stuff you need to make an exact replica, G10 and coating and Logos and Liners, and Machining tools. GOD DAMIT Make your own knife. And put your own name on it.Jeez.
I'm no expert, but it looks as real as any other Emerson knife. I'm thinkin' you're good to go on this one!
I've bought more than a few on Ebay and have yet to get a fake...as long as the feedback is good and you buy it from an Ebay store you should be good.
I've bought more than a few on Ebay and have yet to get a fake...as long as the feedback is good and you buy it from an Ebay store you should be good.