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It does look pretty cool, and I wish Benchmade and Spyderco would collaborate and make that knife, legitimately. As for Ganzo doing it, I hope their factory burns down some night when no one is there. No one gets hurt, and no more ripoffs get made for a while.
They are thieves, plain and simple. That in itself means they are not a "quality company." A quality company does not operate in such a corrupt manner.
I understand that ganzo can get away with copyright infringement cause they are in China.I mentioned this in the Benchmade section of this forum, but a much maligned company that used blade blanks and passed them off as $300 custom knives also sells a knockoff of the Benchmade/HK Axis folder. It's the same company that sent legal documents to the owner of this forum, trying to get him to make everyone stop trash talking his company's practices.
Of course, that company claims to have spent years designing and prototyping the folder before bringing it to market. What's really hilarious is that they're charging $150 for it, and I'm pretty sure it's just a Ganzo copy with their name on the blade.
They don't like it when you ask questions regarding the origin of the design, or its similarities to a design that had produced for several years by another company.
Thieves ripping off a felon - ironic.
Everything he said and then some. I see that you're new to Blade Forums, so for starters "Welcome"! You should remove your link to the Mighty River website as that's against forum rules.
The issue of counterfeits, copies, clones and patent infringement is a very volatile topic here. You may feel like you're getting attacked for asking a simple question but remember that most of the knife enthusiasts here see counterfeits, copies, clones and patent infringement as a threat to a hobby and industry that we care deeply about. It's probably something a casual knife user will never appreciate, in fact we enthusiasts don't even have consensus concerning the impact of copy knives. We can, and do, argue without end about the subject.
The Ganzo knife poses two problems from the viewpoint of a knife enthusiast. As has been said, it's a near exact copy of a Benchmade 950 Rift. Here's the Benchmade knife:
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By copying this knife, Ganzo has taken the design efforts of a man named Warren Osborne and are using it for a product that they market with their name and number. That's not cool in any industry. Imagine Hyundai producing exact clones of a Honda Civic?
Ganzo goes a step further with the G710. The lock mechanism is a patented feature currently licensed to Benchmade called the Axis Lock. Benchmade has even Trademarked "Axis Lock". There's a lot of disagreement about when the actual patent expires, but most of us here now acknowledge that the patent is likely still in force. Ganzo uses the Axis Lock on many knives, even marketing it as an "Axis Lock". Being that the knife is manufactured in China, there is no jurisdiction for a US patent to be enforced. In theory, Benchmade could go after Amazon for selling the knives Stateside, but that might not end well when you compare the legal dollars that each company could bring to bear. It's a bad situation where the lawful owners have little, viable recourse.
So, with that being said, you have some options.
1. Enjoy your copy knife and use it in good health. Don't expect to get positive feedback from us knife knuts. Much of the feedback may be very negative. I hope you now understand why.
2. If you like the knife, save your money and buy the real thing. You're going to hear that from a lot of people but it doesn't really carry much weight. The Ganzo is $20 and the Benchmade is $170. That's probably not even a conceivable amount of money to spend for a casual user.
3. Purchase a different high-value knife that's an original design and that violates no patent rights. We'd be happy as a community to offer ideas and suggestions along that line. Ganzos are fairly well made for the price point, but there are actually some much better options.
You may also be accused of being a troll. It happens here from time to time where someone will start a thread about a clone knife just to stir up a hornets nest. If you are a troll, get back under your bridge. The Billygoats are coming.
