Recenetly there is a copy model of Sanrenmmu GB-908(even the hand work of this knife is not bad). Be Ware! Pictures as followed
As the sanrenmu has stopped produce the popular 9 seriers(the blade is too long according to Chinese Law)
and there is no signs that they will produce in the near future.
in this case, the price for 9 series surged a lot in Chinese Market, like the MC-962, the price before in Chinese market is around 40 RMB, now it goes up to 100 RMB.
So there is profit and market for fake ones.
for the other model which is still in production, there is almost no copies in Chinese Market
The EL01 is my top pic in large folders and overall favorite pic among the 50 or so folders I just bought recently... but then Im going through my large knives appreciation stage at the moment.
Im not sure all of exactly what I have... its late and Id have to go digging. Im still waiting on a few knives to arrive but bought around 50 brand new knives within the past few months. I plan on doing an online photo slide pictorial real soon. Then all I have to do is add pics to the slide show when new knives arrive.
ashuang0731, how do you know that your GB908 is fake and not left over inventory? Even the box looks legitimate (damn thats scarey!). Do you have an original to compare?
Now is actually a great time to collect. The quality of certain select Chinese knives is no longer a secret and prices will continue to rise as their popularity increases. Im wondering if quality will drop when their demand surpasses their supply.