There are some knives on alibaba, I mean ali express that are clones or replicas of american-branded stuff (and also the wannabe italian-rambo brand) that are advertised as having d2 or ats-34 steel. Do you think that info is as fake as the rest of the knives or might I actually get a d2 steel blade? A strider with g10 and a d2 blade for around $40 sounds like a good deal to me.
Oh and there are fake carbon v and sainmai knives there also. Hope to see fake s90v soon
All fakes are completely fake. A clone can be well made and does not try to fake the Name. Counterfeit knives are Bull Plop as far as actual usage. Fakes are all show and no go.
Queen Cutlery, USA, makes very nice knives of real D2 for about $50.
D2 is actually an old metal….been around since before WWII, used in tools.
Actually I have one of those folders with the “strider” text on the blade. The scale is made of real G10. It’s very good quality and comes with a cool bee wax style texture.
LOL, yes I heard about the flaky black paint on the SRMs. 939 was an impulse buy since they are discontinued, and it looked tacticool
Heard the blade profile is great for food prep, but I don’t want the added texture of paint chips in my food; ever since I saw a de-anodized 763 I’ve been kinda wanting to try reverting something to pure aluminum
And yep, you’re not the only one surprised about Enlan’s recent cloning, I wasn’t sure what to make of it when I saw an Enlan branded 710 with musical symbols on the handle. It would be pretty hilarious if they cloned the sebenza clone to ride on SRM’s success, but I suspect that Enlan/SRM aren’t really independent companies as they both tend to make disproportionately quality stuff.
All with brand-name equivalents are fakes. It’s just for collection/display and opening cardboard packages.
We have “fakes” in the flashlight arena as well, just not as common. The flashlight aluminium body for the cheaper lights might not even be 6061. Some are ok with fakes, some take issue even with a $32 fake TK35. Of course you do not pay a lot for a fake, but some are very good for the price.
I can’t seem to find that fake sebenza torture test vid again (that video shot by a chinese in China, not that Polish one), they were spine whacking it and doing crazy stuff and it was actually very good. If the demand drops, i am sure aliexpress sellers would drop the price, it dropped to 29.50 before.
Not an expert here, but if you are looking at good knife then i’d not be choosing a $26 Enlan EL08 9Cr13Mov, but say a Buck Vantage Pro with S30V and good lock, it’s 60 bucks on Ebay and in the US i guess you could get from some online stores at 50 bucks. Or a Kershaw Leek with D2 cutting edge at 70 bucks on ebay. At least on bladeforums, it seems that the heat treat on the Buck S30V is even better than Spyderco’s S30V when measured and tested in cutting tests.
An Extrema Ratio Nemesis with 6mm thick blade is only 19 bucks cheapest, and the version with 4mm blade i got it only for 13 bucks. Why not? I’d never be able to afford the 400-500 bucks for one witha N690 blade since i don’t even have semi-professional use for one.
Hardly the same class ... 28 mm and 71 g difference... that's 2 size classes apart in my books. Sorry to sound like a broken record, choose your class first and then look for alternatives.
Bro, don’t worry too much about it, it’s just an example……you could just move it up. You can have a big/heavy knife and still be let down in the field if you are pushing it (not me of course, but since folks here mentioned hunting so i guess they could be cutting through bones etc…heck just go for a fixed blade? ).
Get the Kershaw Junkyard Dog 2.2 then (220mm and 160 grams) since what i mentioned the Kershaw Leek is small. Ok so it’s more expensive at 80 bucks. Of coz there are further considerations like field use for D2 or S30V (which is stainless)…etc etc.
I think the EL08 has slid in price, at least it can be gotten for 25 bucks or so now.