Secondly, who says it's authentic? The NSN is public knowledge, pics are everywhere, the font is known, how the blade was marked is open content, tell me it's authentic - which leads directly to an investigation. So, it's ethically questionable how it could be on the market - again, it's. Sometimes they are written off as a combat loss, which suggests that the knife in question was picked up by ? It's not likely this came thru DRMO, I would think a property book officer would have jumped on it as excess or surplus before it even left post. The hand receipt holder is responsible to turn it in, or he has to pay for it. Gov property, although it's likely classed as a durable expendable. then I didn't waste hundreds of dollars on something I may not like.If it's got an NSN, it's.
If I did, I got a real one and supported the person who made it. but I used the cheap imitations to see if I'd like the design. I don't really want to say I support buying knockoffs. I had imitation Brous, Strider, Chris Reeves, and Spyderco a while ago and have since either replaced them with a real version or just gotten rid of it. No one is for sure though yet.Ī lot of these imitation knives come from small little shops where a few guys are just passionately making stealing knives for people and are coming out with some astounding products with great resemblance and fit and finish to the original counterpart. A lot of people have credited them for using real D2 steel as well. They're very worth the price point, use real titanium, have solid lockup, and perfect centering. Now the more expensive imitations like the Wild Boar (Sebenza, Microtech/Strider, Umnumzan, XM18, Hinderer) or Kevin John (Sebenza, XM18) will be of quite high quality. Blade steel is always a little hard to tell except for judging and comparing the performance but the titanium is typically always real as is the G10 and Carbon Fiber (50/50 on that). You'd actually be pretty surprised how many imitation knives have the same materials. Some of them even say they are made of titanium and D2, which I really doubt. But the Brous and Spyderco ones are better looking and fitting in that price range. Other than that, lockup is good, the blade is 8cr13mov so it's useable to a decent rate, and you get to feel the Strider design for less than $50. The pocket clip is also trash, and moved around too much so I removed it. The blade is pushed against the G10 constantly and there's no amount of tightening you can do to fix it. There's Teflon washers as well, so the G10 side is weak making the blade centering crap.
The G10 isn't a solid milled piece, it's two. That all being said, I actually handled a $25 Strider ripoff and they're the one imitation knife that just isn't good. Guess there's a bit of perspective for you. But none of these knockoffs should be used for any sort of harder work than you would put through an Opinel or Peasant. None of these knockoffs are like Frost Cutlery knives where you can fold the scales/handle in half, and twist the blade like a corkscrew. It'll feel reasonably solid, with decent fit and finish, and perform simple tasks perfectly. The $10-30 knockoffs will feel like they're worth what you paid. Not from ebay, but I've handled a good number of knockoffs directly from China on AliExpress from the reputable shops only (as reputable as knockoffs can be I guess.). I'm curious if anyone has handled one of these knives which are readily available on eBay
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