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I have the opposite problem.
Since I’ve thinned out the blades of my Vespa Neon and the Malyshev Gnome I feel these 2 are all the knives I need, either on job or at home.

How can I tell myself that it’s ok to buy a Hungarian traditional knife for ~$70 and maybe a Zieba Ti clone when I still have a Y-Start Damascus knife and a Sanrenmu dragon scaled one in the this time super slow Gearbest transport?

I like the kwaiken furas too, both tips tanto and drop. But i do not know why fura does not put a code on its models.

Just for the sake of comparison :

A very similar Mini Ultratech version appeared on Aliexpress here.
The stock photos are heavily photoshopped so here`s a real one:

I can’t open your link, could you link to the store please ?

EDIT : nevermind, I found it on your blog :slight_smile:

Thanks I’ve been looking at allvin store for a while, been considering the Makora II OTF.

Just followed your link and noticed these Ganzo G719 clones with carbon fiber and/or damascus. Very interesting, I have a G719 black G10 and it’s basically a precision work of art.

The Ganzo only have the G10 scale on one side (Button side only) But these have the scales on both sides! So i’m excited a bit about these! Although I wonder if the damascus version is real damascus.

(click on photos for links)

The “real” G719” seems to be discontinued, I’m wondering why they didnt’ just put the Ganzo logo onto this one as well.
How much is the non-damascus version btw, $50 for that one sounds a bit expensive.
And it is real damascus, that stuff is not that expensive. To get such a pattern it would be more difficult to laser or mask+etch it and the pattern would be the same on every piece.

You can still get the real G719, I’ve seen it at a few sites, here’s one:

The non Damascus CF clone is $24, you can just click on the photos I posted for the links.

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Maybe it’s real Damascus on those but no offense fake Damascus pattern etch is not more difficult or expensive, and definitly not the same on every piece. It can be found on tons of cheap knives everywhere, many sub $10 knives such asTac-force etc.

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Here’s some examples.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Pearl-Spring-Assisted-Opening-Tactical-Pocket-Knife-DAMASCUS-ETCH-NEW-E/391969153468?hash=item5b432ea1bc:g:kQUAAOSw8-xZ1N~7

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Raven-Assisted-Open-Gold-Cleaver-Razor-Pocket-Knife-Damastec-Etched-3525-New/273041315141?hash=item3f9287d545:g:H30AAOSwGUBaKbvq

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Master-Laser-Etch-Tanto-Razor-Karambit-Fixed-Blade-Knife-20-01DM-3Cr13-Full-Tang/292432035027?hash=item44164ebcd3:g:SEsAAOSwmhJZqHwW

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Damascus-Etched-Cleaver-Razor-Blade-Spring-Assisted-Pocket-Knife-G68/183045142054?hash=item2a9e573626:g:NzsAAOSwjc5Z4OBQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-5-Damascus-Italian-Stiletto-Spring-Assisted-Open-Pocket-Knife-Tactical-EDC-H/273040965890?hash=item3f92828102:g:ZnEAAOSwE8daXi9Q

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-RARE-GRAY-Spring-Assisted-Open-FOLDING-POCKET-KNIFE-Fantasy-Damascus-NEW-/301981437681

Thank you for the enlightenment :slight_smile:

I mean it and no offense taken.

Of course when you knife what you’re looking for you’ll see the difference esp. where the main grind begins at the ricasso or at the blade spine.

$24 sounds ok but when I see the prices of today’s China made knives it’s still a bit expensive, I think I paid $16 for my G719 (and had the intention to turn it into a manual button lock folder but bought a RealSteel Griffin instead). I also strongly believe this is a Ganzo made knife, too, it would be silly to copy the knife when you can just ask th original manufacturer to make another batch with the set machinery (same for the CRKT Swindle copy that appeared and imo must be nightshift production).

The best thing about that CF G719 must be the weight reduction due to the ligher clip side, the original G719 is rather heavy and I always wished they’d have used 2 G10 or CF scales.

Beware the fake SanRenMu’s! :open_mouth:

Clones got cloned? This guy seems really upset about that, hehe. :slight_smile:
What an irony!
Most likely both came from same factory anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

I wouldn’t jump the gun on this information just yet.
If you read through the comments, you’ll find a few people that state that they had the original version of the SRM910+ before they sold them under the LAND brand and it looked like that, so this might just be old SRM stock (and let’s face it, if cloners want to clone a knife, better make a clone of an expensive knife).
While for the most part I do enjoy Jake’s reviews, I think in this particular case he shared his suspicions and wrongly describes them as facts.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he removes this video or make a new video about this in a few days when he’ll actually have the facts

Yes, wait & see, Gearbest’s answer about those supposedly fake knives.

That’s exactly what I was thinking too. It’s most likely still just Sanremu.
Even some more known brand knifemakers sometimes change some detail, material or something … through time.

Sanrenmu had a 910 Plus of this design several years ago. It was discontinued (due to blade length?) and then a ‘Ming Ren’ (?) 910 Plus of identical design appeared on the market.

Was the MingRen a clone? Was MingRen a SRM sub-brand? Or was it simply Sanrenmu continuing to make the same design for another brand since they were no longer interested in branding it themselves? I don’t know. Very hard to get to the bottom of stuff like this in Asia. For sure Sanrenmu make knives for tonnes of brands.

Maybe this is a clone. Maybe it is NOS (new old stock) if the discontinued original 910 Plus. The guy in the video should have gotten his facts together before definitely stating that it’s a clone.

Anyway it looks garbage. Stick to the Land 910+

They could be made at the same factory that makes knives for Ganzo, but I don’t think it’s implausible that they’re being made at a different factory altogether, they copy everything in China, even each others clones.

Good point about the weight reduction. And I also wished the G10 was on both sides too.

Also I think it would have been better if they would have followed the same pattern on the clip side as the button side, instead of making a “bolster” on the clip side…

So I was just thinking I wish they made it in G10 instead, the CF is pretty but I prefer the better “traction” of G10…

…and look what I came across just browsing knives:

Sometimes you get what you wish for! Gonna be hard to resist this at $21.00

Well, after you mentioned that with the bolster it makes the milk sour a bit.
At least they could have followed the line on the front side so that the bolster would have a steeper angle where it meets the G10.

Anyways, Autos are illegal over here so it’s easier to resist. Once I even tried to make CF scales for my G719 but the milling in 3 levels on the scale is too complicated to be worth it, not to mention a full cf front scale…

My next ppurchase will be either this front flipper: or this traditional Hungarian slipjoint:

But I still have this Y-Start LK5013D and this Sanrenmu 7129 Dragon Slayer in the mail…

less than 20$

Your first 3 links resulted in “page not found” but the Dragon Slayer link worked, thanks for sharing that one, I really like the milled G10 scales on it.