What folder knife would you like that ganzo, navy, harnds... copy?

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 :wink:



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 :slight_smile: 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

:frowning:
Navy is/was the only brand that do/copy the Spyderco Police serrated knife… :cry:


Kingdom Armory Mini Samaritan

Boker Kwaiken :smiling_imp:

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.

There are a lot of enlan below 15$. One of the more expensive enlan of all time was the enlan el08 and it is about 22$ or so. See enlan el17, el10, el04, el01… All of them between 10$ and 16$ and they are the biggest size that enlan makes, the EL series.

You can buy an Ontario Rat or CS Tuff Lite for that price! :open_mouth:

There is 2 Enlan knives above $30 that I know, being the EL-01D and the EL-02D, both with 8Cr13MoV damascus blades fpr roughly $35-
Then there’s EL-08 for $23 and the rest is well below $15 and even $10.

At least on Geabest, that’s a good place to get them cheap but you can also pay $100 for it on the bay sometimes, usually that’s just a mistake when adding the price but you can still buy it for that price.

I would like a cloney thing of the Boker Plus F3 and even more of the F3 II. :slight_smile: