Have to ask a question, can anyone custom maker, production or anyone in between make a folder with solid titanium slabs on both sides and it not be called a sebenza copy? I'm just asking because their sure does seem to be a lot of experts on here who can render these kinds of absolute decisions.
In some cases, any gray colored knife (titanium, zinc phosphate, or paint) that has a single blade frame lock assembly and a pocket clip can easily be identified as a Sebenza by some.
The blade shape (edge on one side, spine on the other, point at one end and attaches to the knife on the other) screams a copy.
In the gun store a few months ago the lady ( usually quited knowledgeable about knives BTW ) was knocked over by my Drifter. At very first glance, she thought she had a fellow CRK devotee, and whipped out her Seb to show me she was a club member. She was embarrassed and disappointed to see that the little gray knife was just that, a little gray frame lock knife.
Just a few seconds of observation would have shown the differences right away. Then of course, she was angry. She had been fooled. By whom?
I thought it was classy of A.G. to give credit to his inspirations when showing this knife, and of all people, I cannot imagine anyone that needs to copy the work of others less. His successes stand on their own, and have for decades.
As I sit and look at the knives being made today, some custom, some production, it is EASY to see the heavy influences that inspired the designs, but usually no credit is given. Good on A.G. for that one as he gladly did it up front, and it was almost as praise. Class.
Oddly, in this same thread, one of the consistently best knife makers around is derided for their inability to make a good knife. I was a little surprised at that
until the poster admitted he had not paid attention to the Kershaw line over the years, had no first hand/in hand experience with the product line, and in essence was just blowing bad gas around. It was his opinion, but bad gas just the same.
The grandfather of a buddy of mine used to say "remember to be as loud when you are wrong as you are when you are right. That way everyone will know where you stand".
Mission accomplished.
Robert
(Eyeballing my $17 Drifter and amused that any little gray knife is an obvious ripoff of a Sebbie....)
Yep, that's a dead-certain clue that someone has ripped off a design...but whose? 
