Thanks a lot 8steve88
I’d like Navy to quit steeling other people intellectual property and design their own knives.
Reputable knife makers sell their own designs and make them from good or excellent blade steel. I would rather save up and own one original than a bunch of knock off knives with crappy blade steel. You may think they are good cutters, but until you use the real thing you will not know. There many good knives sold for reasonable prices, rationalizing the manufacturer and purchase of copies is rationalizing theft.
Anytime, pleased to be able to help.
I agree to a point. The difference is, Navy makes knives in the $20 range while Spyderco makes knives in the $100-200 range. A knife doesn’t have to be made of some exotic super steel to do its job. This isn’t the 1980s, even relatively cheap steel like Sanrenmu, Navy and Enlan use is pretty good.
I paid $18 for my Navy K-631. It’s not a copy of any Spyderco model but obviously is inspired by Spyderco designs. It seems to me to be a mix between a G10 Police, Endura and maybe a G10 Cara Cara. You can’t say it’s a copy because it isn’t. It doesn’t try to fool anyone into thinking its a Spyderco or use the emblem. It borrows some design elements but what knife isn’t inspired by some other knife? There is only so much you can do with a blade and handle, every knife is inspired by other knives. For $18, nothing can beat it.
If you are talking about the hole in the blade, that’s another matter. Spyderco apparently patented the ‘hole’ somehow. Just because it can be patented doesn’t mean it’s right.
Navy copies mostly Spyderco knives right, the Spyderco that gets it’s budget line and the stainless steel “bugs” and Kiwi3 made in China.
The Spyderco that uses nasty plasticky feeling FRN for handles on it’s higher end knives.
I have no problem with Spyderco selling for whatever price they can, Sal Glesser is a great guy and posts on many forums helping people whenever he can.
I have all the bugs plus a Spyderedge clpitool.
I used to carry a Grasshopper as my EDC knife until I bought a better made SanRenMu H03, adjustable pivot and washers that can be maintained unlike the Grasshopper. SanRenMu H03 $6.58, Spyderco Grasshopper $35.21 both 8Cr12MoV steel
Navy recognise a niche in the market and fill it - that of having knives that look like Spyderco knives but are cheaper, and made in China - just like Spyderco do with the Ambitious, Persistence, Tenacious and Resilience.
Personally I don’t own a Navy knife but I’m looking at the fake Spydercos on AliExpress just to see how poorly they are made.
If you look on Ali you’ll see that a company is copying the Ontario RAT1.
Apparently it uses 9Cr18MoV steel and G10 handles.
There isn’t a huge difference in price between the copy and the original, but one variant of the copy may be slightly larger, 95mm versus 90.
But the international shipping is included in the price of the copy.
The original one with int. shipping would cost me ~ 70% more. That’s not a small difference.
The original RAT 1 is a good deal but only in the US…
Looked at that way I can see your point.
I like the Navy K-610 at the moment, although the liner lock feels a little rough.
Not a big fan of big brand name knives, I prefer Sanrenmu, Enlan and Navy.
For some reason nothing that Ganzo makes appeals to me yet.
I think sanrenmu and enlan have the best quality/fit/finish of chinese brands. I have ganzo, enlan, sanrenmu, inron, harnds and incomming tekut. The problem with srm is they are too small in general, and the problem with enlan is their designs, they have very goods ones in EL series but… too much time without new models, and i saw in its page new models but i don¡t know where they are. There are only old models EL in fasttech, exduct… Enlan aren’t brave with the designs like ganzo, but i think ganzo has worst quality than enlan, even design problems in some models (G714 with its rotating pivot, G711 with lock up problems, G712 with both pivot screws locked… ). It seems that the chinese brands only have good designs if the copy it. I would like if the can do some different designs and making with high quality at low price as always.
I’m tired and tired of drop points… Spyderco alike designs, recurved blades like the CS vaquero, espartan… stiletto designs like de CS ti-lite, kukris, or simply clip points and tantos with a secure handle like de CS recon 1…
I know this is an old thread but if you ever really want that, drop me a line 
I don’t have this one aymore, it went to Utah, but the G-712 is really a nice knife to play with and the knife nut who got it likes it more than the much bigger original.
Adahn, you are making some incredible stuff, I bow before you! :+1:
Thank you. And just wait for the Enlan EL-01D scales that I will finish next week, if Mr Destiny wills.
I am very keen to see the next amazing modification from you!
I like smaller EDC folder but i would dream of a ganzo with a better steel for a higher price. D2 or VG10 or even s35vn or elmax 
i would pay like 30-40 dollar for such a ganzo
Just a FYI
Navy knives factory is no more. I was buying a couple of K607’s from ExDuct.com and was writing back and forth about how many they had in stock. It turned out they only had one, and refunded me the difference, great service and communication with that store. There statement to me was that the Navy knife factory was closed and after they sold out of Navy knives, there would be no more. Had the same issue at fasttech too…
I like my Ganzos and other copies, but really like the K607 as it is one of the shorter blades with a great handle for bigger hands. More copies of 3” or less blades are what I would like.
And Military too…I know know the paramilitary2…I prefer the line of Military
Navy is/was the only brand that do/copy the Spyderco Police serrated knife… :cry:
Kingdom Armory Mini Samaritan
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unrelated but i was just looking at Enlan bee knives and they are expensive almost 30 USD you can get proper brand name knives for that price.