They haven’t made it to the stores. :bigsmile: at least the ones that I use.
There is an Enlan/Bee EL-03D that is close to the E319RMCT-3. Fonder sell it but I’ve never bought from them, only found them on Google. And now I’m getting an error message from that link.
Here’s an ebay seller that has the EL-03D ebay link.
There’s also a twin bladed version of that, one plain and one serrated but I’ve not seen that on sale for a while
There are a load of knives we don’t see that are manufactured in China, probably less than 1%.
See any you recognize here . Looking round some of the manufacturers links is an eye-opener.
The stores only choose what they think will sell.
Yes but those are from cold steel, benchmade etc. The post is about sanrenmu/ganzo/enlan/inron/harnds/tekut and the typical low cost chinese brands…
Cold steel may be the most intimidating brand in the world!.
I think the sheer size of these Harnds Blazer’s is plenty scary it’s down to the 105mm blade.
The Ganzo G-712 is a mean looking knife as well, can’t be beaten for high value nastiness.
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The black would be better without the serrations but it looks less gimmicky than the satin with the blade and hardware matching the black on the scales.
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Yes, the steel too. The benmade is better but 10 times better than the ganzo g712? (or so). For that reason the good quality low price chinese brands are so good.
Well, that is a matter of individual preference. We can debate on manufacturing, QC, heat treat and various qualities of steel (ease of sharpening vs. edge retention, chipping resistance etc.).
I would rather own one Benchmade than 10 Ganzo, but that is just me and what I like in a knife.
Of course, ech one have an opinion. I prefer 10 ganzos to 1 benchmade (i enjoy more with the 10 ganzos playing with them :bigsmile: ). For me they are littles toys.
Apparently Ganzo do manage to heat treat their blades well. I guess it helps that they’re really an OEM manufacturer of multi-tools who just happen to make knives on the side.
I’m considering getting a G711 some time. I do prefer full flat grinds on knives. It means they’re good at the only thing I use knives for, slicing stuff.
If we want to look for the most imposing knife I can think of, irrespective of manufacturer or country of origin, I’m tempted to say Cold Steel’s Voyager XL with the fully serrated Vaquero blade.
I really wouldn’t want to be approaching someone opening one of those.