The Best fake yet

I almost bought one of these. Luckily, the forumites here pointed to me it's a fake before it was too late. :thumbup:
 
At some point you won't be able to tell no matter how good you are at spotting fakes. CRK's are production knives run off CNC machines just like a CRKT or Kershaw. All it takes is to duplicate the materials and machine operations, which can be done anywhere by anyone that has the resources, and you're effectively getting the same thing. Still, I'd rather pay the extra $$$ for the real deal just because Reeve is the man and the Chinese counterfeiters are a bunch of unimaginative thieves.
 
bushidomosquito said:
At some point you won't be able to tell no matter how good you are at spotting fakes. CRK's are production knives run off CNC machines just like a CRKT or Kershaw. All it takes is to duplicate the materials and machine operations, which can be done anywhere by anyone that has the resources, and you're effectively getting the same thing. Still, I'd rather pay the extra $$$ for the real deal just because Reeve is the man and the Chinese counterfeiters are a bunch of unimaginative thieves.
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I notice the different lanyard pin, as well as a mismatch of the scales just fwd of the lock release area, on all Sebbies I've seen, handled, owned, the scales are exactly the same outer size, and match each other. But stil a scary fake. Glad it is being shown here, and not on e-bay.

Mike B.
 
What I'd like to know is who are the vendors selling this crap?? It's one thing to stop the manufacture of this bs, but it certainly help to know where they are coming into the US and resold. by the way, I do not know if any of you saw this in the news last week, but the Chinese are flooding the market of solar panels, there by destroying the value of the US made ones. Bottom line, is that the Chinese government is doing this on purpose with its sole purpose to destroy the United States.
 
Barry H said:
What I'd like to know is who are the vendors selling this crap?? It's one thing to stop the manufacture of this bs, but it certainly help to know where they are coming into the US and resold. by the way, I do not know if any of you saw this in the news last week, but the Chinese are flooding the market of solar panels, there by destroying the value of the US made ones. Bottom line, is that the Chinese government is doing this on purpose with its sole purpose to destroy the United States.
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Well the people selling these to US customers are mostly private individuals in China. According to the info I've gathered these are not meant for sale to the US and the so called official dealers for this manufacturer do not sell to the US. As for the Chinese government trying to destroy the the high end knife...I'm not too sure about that one.lol

As I've said before the only way for US products to stay on top is through innovation, this applies to all industries.
 
espnazi said:
Well the people selling these to US customers are mostly private individuals in China. According to the info I've gathered these are not meant for sale to the US and the so called official dealers for this manufacturer do not sell to the US. As for the Chinese government trying to destroy the the high end knife...I'm not too sure about that one.lol

As I've said before the only way for US products to stay on top is through innovation, this applies to all industries.
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I didn't say they were destroying the high end knife market, I said they were destroying the United State economy by selling their counterfeit goods. They've been doing so since the mid 70's. Thank Nixon and Kissinger (mostly) for our current relations with China. As far as innovation: what ever we do, China will do it and sell it for cheaper, just to undermine and torpedo our position.
 
gentlenado said:
I know a knife maker in China who makes sebenza counterfeit. Almost the same perfection as the original if not better, in same price range also.
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I really can't understand those people. If I had the skills and means to make an (almost) perfect copy, I would rather make my own designs and earn an honest reputation.
 
I have a small knife shop in Manila, Philippines. I always had this problem, with people bringing in these fake knives and trying to sell or trade with me. Some of them don't even know their knife is a fake. It's a pain in the ass to deal with, since I deal in only original made knives, mostly U.S. made Custom Knives. China never signed the international copyright agreement.....so they can copy whatever they want....(hell, I've seen a fake Hummer from them)..... to them it's about earning moneyand that's it..... "as long as they earn," they say. I try to educate my clients on how to spot a fake and why they shouldn't buy them. Majority of my clients here are Chinese businessmen, who are serious knife collectors. The truth is, they only buy knives & tools Made in the U.S.A., not from China. They already know the U.S. quality is far more superior. My Chinese clients have a funny saying, "God created Adam and Eve, the rest was made in China."
 
bushidomosquito said:
CRK's are production knives run off CNC machines just like a CRKT or Kershaw.
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Not exactly. The blade is still hand ground as far as I know and that's why the grinds look different, especially at the beginning, close to the handle. It's clearly different.
 
The close up of the blade in the video really shows how fake it is....the machining is very sloppy
 
I want to get one of those and the new fake Strider that just came out!
 
</Off topic> BTW, for those who don't know me on these boards the post above is total sarcasm. As if I'd spend my hard earned $$ on fakes! :barf:
 
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Update apparently other fakes are coming out from another manufacturer in china.
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They look good but something about them looks gaudy to me and not quite right.
 
wow, in these pics^ (to me) is hard to tell from a real one...

This sucks..
 
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