If a knife is very expensive you will choose to buy fake?

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matt1987 said:
Copies as in fakes with the legit manufacture's name...No. Knives that have similarities to other knives but have Chinese manufacture's name, such as Enlan, Navy, Ganzo etc...Yes.
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:thumbup: - provided the craftmanship and quality are there.
 
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Shenny said:
If a knife is very expensive you will choose to buy fake?
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I only buy the originals!
I avoid fakes and pay for the expensive but original knife.
It's not about money, it's about the product.
I want the good product, not the image of the good product.

Do Your own designs in Your own steels and set the standard under Your own brand.
It will give You credibility and in the long run will create higher profit!

Regards
Mikael
 
My answer is no, I won't buy counterfeit knives. If I cannot afford e real product then I will simply have to pass onto something I can afford.
 
Ankerson said:
The real truth is that there are a lot of people out there that do and will buy those knives, if they didn't there wouldn't be a market for them and as most of us know there is a huge market.

It's a very big world out there outside of BF....
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True. And well-said.

So what of the bloke who stops into the auto parts store to get break pads for his old truck and, on a cardboard display, sees a nice-looking knife that catches his eye. It feels good in his hand. It moves him emotionally. And it's on sale for $9.95. He has never heard of Darrel Ralph. He has no idea that "custom" and "high-end" and "designer" knives exist. It certainly has never read an issue of Blade magazine or surfed bladeforums.com or attended Bladeshow. Can we hold him responsible for buying that counterfeit knife?
 
I will never buy a fake. I don't buy knives to impress anyone. I buy well made tools or something akin to gentleman's pocket jewelry. A knock off would fail to satisfy in both regards.

When I was a kid, all lockbacks were generally called a "buck knife." Sometime around 5th grade I picked up a "buck knife" made in Pakistan. Hell, it looked right with the brass and wood inlay, and it was dirt cheap. It was a piece of crap and never could take or hold any edge. Once I showed it to someone who knew better, any pride of ownership turned to dust when then explained that my knife was not a "Buck knife" but was a cheap copy.

Lesson learned.
 
No. There are too many excellent inexpensive knives out there that are not fakes. It doesn't take much work to find them. Just ask here.
 
You would sell a lot of knives if you make original designs, use good materials,.and have high quality control standards. People will test your knives and you can earn a good reputation. That sells knives.

Or make junk copies that no knife enthusiast will buy.

Don't make copies. Make your own designs. Many of us are waiting for a Chinese company to be the next big knife company. But if the quality isn't there and the original designs aren't there it won't happen.
 
@MDQBox
That translation isn't going to help much. The sentence structure in the translation is 50 shades of messed up.

Regarding the topic: I used to, but not any more.
 
Gollnick said:
True. And well-said.

So what of the bloke who stops into the auto parts store to get break pads for his old truck and, on a cardboard display, sees a nice-looking knife that catches his eye. It feels good in his hand. It moves him emotionally. And it's on sale for $9.95. He has never heard of Darrel Ralph. He has no idea that "custom" and "high-end" and "designer" knives exist. It certainly has never read an issue of Blade magazine or surfed bladeforums.com or attended Bladeshow. Can we hold him responsible for buying that counterfeit knife?
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ignorance is bliss, we all run in to that situation from time to time. Some people buy things on impulse because its right there in from of them all sparkly and shiny, or need that I just bought something new warm and fuzzy feeling. Or you have people like me that will go mad trying to choose something. It took me at least a half hour yesterday to choose what oil filter im getting for my lawn tractor at the parts house.

As for the OPs question NO NO NO. Im not against Chinese manufacture's but I would rather see them make quality knives that they develop and make on their own. I read in a paper one day that in China there is a Apple store that is 100% fake but they copied the real Apple store soo well that the employees did not know that they did not work for Apple. Stop copying and come up with your own creations and watch how we responed. I bet we will buy them up and talk of praise and at 500% more than you would sell a knock off copy knife for.
 
I go out of my way to buy American. Does that answer your question?
 
Nope, never have, never will If i can't afford it I save until I can or choose a less expensive knife. That being said I agree with Ankerson again, If their wasn't a market for them then they wouldn't be selling them all the time. Truth is non knife people call me crazy if I pay $100.00 for a knife, now imagine what they would say about a $400.00 knife, Even though us knife people know what all goes into a high end knife people who aren't into knives know nothing of steels, handle materials or craftsmanship , they go for the cheapest knife they can get. I also try to buy American on everything I can, not just knives.....
 
No. I wouldn't take one if it was free.

Why are you asking ?
Do you work for someone that makes them ?
I assume you do, and think you should make original designs.
I wouldn't buy those either, but many would, and at least you wouldn't be stealing someones design.
 
Ken44 said:
No. I wouldn't take one if it was free.

Why are you asking ?
Do you work for someone that makes them ?
I assume you do, and think you should make original designs.
I wouldn't buy those either, but many would, and at least you wouldn't be stealing someones design.
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Yeah, plus +1.

These Chinese rip off companies should make their own designs.

I would guess the margins are better if they can trick enough consumers with clones.

Just use your own brains and make a knife you designed. Surprisingly it's not all that difficult.
 
Gollnick said:
True. And well-said.

So what of the bloke who stops into the auto parts store to get break pads for his old truck and, on a cardboard display, sees a nice-looking knife that catches his eye. It feels good in his hand. It moves him emotionally. And it's on sale for $9.95. He has never heard of Darrel Ralph. He has no idea that "custom" and "high-end" and "designer" knives exist. It certainly has never read an issue of Blade magazine or surfed bladeforums.com or attended Bladeshow. Can we hold him responsible for buying that counterfeit knife?
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Exactly, MOST of the people who would and do buy knives really don't know or care one way or another, low price is the 1st thing they look for and then they might consider something else, but for the most part it's just cheap pricing as a few bucks won't put a dent in their budget.

All they see is a knife that doesn't cost much, for the rest of it, well they just in general don't even think about it.

And we do see some of that here on BF also from time to time.

I think it's kinda funny some of the responses here because we don't represent the majority of knife buyers, not even close in the real world.
 
Here are the facts in a nutshell:

Counterfeits exist . . . they always have and they always will.
People buy them . . . they always have and they always will.
Nothing we say or do here will stop them . . . it never has and it never will.

Would I ever buy a counterfeit? That's nobody's business but mine.

Carry on.
 
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