Japanese copy?

[wildbillw]

Check out the following knife. Evidently they have been copying for years! Looks a lot like a buck 105.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-G-9...453?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item3f12d1fd7d


wildbillw
Life Member #1341

 

[orca8589]

These have been around for a long time. I had some info on them, I'll see if I still have it, or maybe someone here will chime in as well.

Here's a post from a while back. Bear in mind that what the members writes is his/her opinion.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/632656-G-96?p=6888257#post6888257

By the way, linking to a live auction may be considered dealspotting.

~Chris

 

[Tin Sue]

That is a G96 knife; the inlaid shield, missing from this knife, had G96 on it. I do not know who manufactured these knives, but I believe they were sold by Cabela's a number of years ago. Here's a link to a complete one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SKINNING-KN...287?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item27c34d862f

 

[Plumberdv]

I bought a G-96 110 clone back in the mid to late '70s. I couldn't afford a Buck back then and the G-96 was actually a pretty good knife. I still have it somewhere.

 

[BG42EDGE]

A lot of copies of Buck knives are around.

I'm not surprised that the Japanese steel in the G96s was excellent, but I never knew it or thought about it until this thread.

 

[wildbillw]

Chris: Thanks for the heads-up on "dealspotting". I'm not familiar with the term and don't consider a copy to be a "deal" and if I did think it was a deal, certainly wouldn't post it to this web site!

wildbillw
Life Member #1341

 

[imafritz]

I also bought a G-96 110 clone in the 70's from Austad mail order. The lock doesnt work any more.

I think I tossed it a few months ago. I like the "rustproof" stamp, doesnt that mean it cant rust under any circumstance? Big claim.

 

[BG42EDGE]

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Unsuccessful imitation just shows how hard it is to make a really great product!