needsmostuff
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Fight the other Chinese infection.
Just kind of a heads up to the knife and optic loving guys that like to shop on line or used.
Most of us know this stuff is possible but they really upped the game lately ,,,,, and nobody is looking.
Now days there is a plethora of imitation imported knives cloning almost EVERY high end knife made.
You name it Benchmade, Microtech, buck , Gerber ,Boker, Kershaw , Sog all have cheaper lookalikes around. They do not even have to have a high price tag to be cloneable . Even a $40 Ontario is fair game.
In days gone by the unscrupulous changed something to avoid copyright problems but now they strive for accuracy. Trademark stamps, etching , even boxes with fake warranty info.
Amazon is thick with this stuff as are pawn shops and the like. There are some web sites you can order direct from China and easily be set up to sell at the gun shows or craigslist .
The Only defense is to study the knife you want and do some homework. Do a online search for fake (enter knife name) and most have tips.
All the above also applies too Optics these days , All The red dot systems and many of the higher end scopes are copied Aimpoint, Eotech, Leupold ,Trijicon all of them.
Food for thought.
https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?act=search&sus=&searchkey=tactical+knives&catalog=
https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?searchkey=scope&dspm=pcen.sp.brand.2.1fasmA2ftGghwZaIKzIb&fullcutPromoid=&screensize=&uuid=3143580537&stype=up&sinfo=bestmatch&isadvanced=0&advancedno=&luceneQuery=&seotype=&thirdattr=&_flush=720412748&brandid=45585&toSimilar=1
https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?act=search&sus=&searchkey=scope&catalog=
Just kind of a heads up to the knife and optic loving guys that like to shop on line or used.
Most of us know this stuff is possible but they really upped the game lately ,,,,, and nobody is looking.
Now days there is a plethora of imitation imported knives cloning almost EVERY high end knife made.
You name it Benchmade, Microtech, buck , Gerber ,Boker, Kershaw , Sog all have cheaper lookalikes around. They do not even have to have a high price tag to be cloneable . Even a $40 Ontario is fair game.
In days gone by the unscrupulous changed something to avoid copyright problems but now they strive for accuracy. Trademark stamps, etching , even boxes with fake warranty info.
Amazon is thick with this stuff as are pawn shops and the like. There are some web sites you can order direct from China and easily be set up to sell at the gun shows or craigslist .
The Only defense is to study the knife you want and do some homework. Do a online search for fake (enter knife name) and most have tips.
All the above also applies too Optics these days , All The red dot systems and many of the higher end scopes are copied Aimpoint, Eotech, Leupold ,Trijicon all of them.
Food for thought.
https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?act=search&sus=&searchkey=tactical+knives&catalog=
https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?searchkey=scope&dspm=pcen.sp.brand.2.1fasmA2ftGghwZaIKzIb&fullcutPromoid=&screensize=&uuid=3143580537&stype=up&sinfo=bestmatch&isadvanced=0&advancedno=&luceneQuery=&seotype=&thirdattr=&_flush=720412748&brandid=45585&toSimilar=1
https://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/search.do?act=search&sus=&searchkey=scope&catalog=