Your Opinion of Sanrenmu Knives
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I am sensing anger from those who paid $400 for a very similar knife which may be slightly better.
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You're right, they do seem to generate a lot of discussion. Not nearly as much though, as I think they will in the near future.
Their time has come, I think.
Nothing against any manufacturers in the States, I buy a lot of knives and misc. made in the States, but it is what it is.
Car and appliance parts made overseas, assembled overseas, clothing the works, whatever.
With these knives, they seem OK and I see no problem getting more nor do I see the big whoop over it.
The more I handle my Bee knife or the 710, the more I think I got a bang for the buck, and that's extremely important these days. I see another order on the way and $40 will get me 4-5 usable knives, so they won't go in the cases, big deal.
I doubt they will ever fill the void in my collecting heart, but I do know they will end up as EDC and not worry about it knife category, which is part of the whole deal.
I do know this.
One window on the screen has 4 China knives that will make me happy.
The other has a rc-6 that will make me happy.
Overall, a great thread that turned many heads and made some folks think.
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I wouldn't let the Chinese steel stop you. I've used that steel in a Kershaw, and was pleasantly surprised. It's easy to sharpen, and takes a scary sharp edge. It doesn't hold it as long as some other steels, but it holds it well enough.
No, it's not a whiz-bang super steel but, c'mon, we're talking about a $10 knife here. It apparently has very good fit, finish and materials, just not a super-steel blade. I can live with that.
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Hey, it could be a new form of collecting: getting the mostest for the leastest.
Yeah, I think this thread just might have made a few people think, and that's always a good thing.
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I collected like that for about the first six months of this year. I bought well over a hundred various knives. Then, I realized I had enough knives to last several lifetimes and sold most of the ones that I never used. I did keep plenty of SRMs and Rough Riders though!
Now, my last three knives have been Kershaws. JYD CB, Leek CB, and a ZT 0350CB. My next purchase will be the ZT 0551, hopefully later this month. Outstanding knives, well worth the money!
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A good question. If SRM made some of the Benchmade 'Red' class in the past, perhaps they came to an arrangement. I just don't know.
Maybe we'll find out some day. If they don't have permission it'll be more than "hmmmm" Steve.
Has Sal seen the hole yet? I'd like to hear if they have any dealings with Sanrenmu.
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I'm having fun with the Sanrenmu thing right now, but a couple of those Rough Riders are catching my eye, too, as well as a Barlow from Utica.
So little money. Sigh . . .
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LOL try leaps and bounds...
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Maybe we'll find out some day. If they don't have permission it'll be more than "hmmm" Steve.
Has Sal seen the hole yet? I'd like to hear if they have any dealings with Sanrenmu.
I don't know about BM, but yes Sal has seen knives coming from China (I had one sent to Spyderco from Australia even, on Spyderco's request) with the Spyderco trademark on the blade and the hole. Seems to be nearly impossible to stop infringements coming out of China.
The only good news on that is these knives aren't being distributed in the USA, yet. The ones I've seen all came from China direct to the purchaser.
They aren't even marked with a country of origin. Which is the law for items brought into the USA for resell.
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I live in Australia , and I can tell you I have certainly seen fake spyderco & Benchmade knives for sale in some stores. There are some dodgy reps going round flogging this stuff (probly the same ones flogging the srm knives to be sold at $30AU ), the guys in the store dont even know the difference. One of the spyderco fakes didn't even have the spyderhole.
I was like thats fake thats fake and thats fake. Another store , I was looking at a 'benchmade' that felt cheap , i asked if it was real they said they didnt know (they wouldve) FAKE! & not inexpensive either.
I was like thats fake thats fake and thats fake. Another store , I was looking at a 'benchmade' that felt cheap , i asked if it was real they said they didnt know (they wouldve) FAKE! & not inexpensive either.
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My rule is that the only things I buy from China are:
1) Lasers from reputable dealers(CNI, Novalasers).
2) Swords from reputable dealers(Cheness, Hanwei, Dynasty Forge).
The reason I don't buy knives from China is because I'm willing to spend more than $10 on a knife. This is what separates knife people from Non Knife People. It is the willingness to pay top dollar for a high quality tool.
The exception being those "other" psychos with 20+ Mora/SAK knives:thumbup:.
1) Lasers from reputable dealers(CNI, Novalasers).
2) Swords from reputable dealers(Cheness, Hanwei, Dynasty Forge).
The reason I don't buy knives from China is because I'm willing to spend more than $10 on a knife. This is what separates knife people from Non Knife People. It is the willingness to pay top dollar for a high quality tool.
The exception being those "other" psychos with 20+ Mora/SAK knives:thumbup:.
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What a load...I've seen some of the people on this forum buying SRM knives along side customs and top shelf productions, so trying to say those who buy them are not knife people is just being an elitist snob, and there is enough of that in the knife game as it is without intentionally creating more! I have SRM and rough rider knives, I also have benchmade, spyderco, queen cutlery, old schrade, various german blades etc. So your logic fails.
IMO the mods need to step in and get some people to move on past the same rubbish that has been posted in EVERY thread about these knives...some of us want them and we will discuss them on what is still a knife forum of all kinds, some don't and we all know your reasons so it's about time those people got over it.
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What separates us from people that aren't into knives, is we are willing to not only pay more, but we also buy more than we really need. Most people don't care about a knife other than it works and they sure don't buy multiple knives and even worry about the details like we do. A blade that is decent and works is all they care about.
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And you are saying you will buy decent goods from China when it suits you.
Just not a pocket knife. Very consistent thinking, there.
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I have one, it was given to me, and I think it's a really nice knife for $10. Does it have it's flaws? Yes. Does it make me not want to buy a CRK Sebenza? No, if anything I want to buy a CRK moreso because it has to be a nicer knife than this already good knife.
It does make you wonder why it only costs $10 when a Sebenza costs $330, the company could probably sell it for more.
It does make you wonder why it only costs $10 when a Sebenza costs $330, the company could probably sell it for more.
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