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Hey I found and ordered another one of those “Brownings”
For me the ideal fixed knife
The full tang, nice finished metal
removable wooden parts and because of the nice finish no sharp edges and still comfortable to use and work with.
And for under 12 I thnk it is a good deal.
the previous one was pulled and no longer available, but since my id conficated the first I still look for it now and then and YAY here it is.

Looks great!
How does it perform?

Oh wow.


Do you have that at your place? Does is look like the photo (I assume the photo shows the Original)

For me - I need a folding knife
I found this - and if nothing better is on the market, my search is over :smiley:
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1901/10001878/4376700-authentic-ganzo-g738-w1-stainless-steel-folding

very good!
used it to baton away bamboo branches, didnt even needed sharpening.
The other fixed I have wth wood on the handles now has a little play since those wooden parts cannot be removed and now and then they got a bang on them.
This “browning” is ideal, the wood easely comes off and I am impressed by the way it still holds nice in the hand the metal full tang handle part has no sharp edges. This one will remain to look good whie usable for real heavy work.

The one I ordered before looks exactly the same, but the blade is bigger then advertised (probably some law for international shipping, they wash their hands in innocence over the bigger size ;))
sheath also is nice and sturdy.

OOh that Ganzo looks sweet! that wood is beautiful.
Have a 9cm blade ganzo folder, gave the 727 with 9.5cm blade away, but ordered a new one for myself again.

Really i never was sure if the 710+ was from sanrenmu or a fake. Well, if you hqve big hands you can get knives like ganzo g720,or g740, they can have the larger handles of all.


Use FastTech promo code BUNNY to get it down from $16.76 to $15.08
Valid March 27-29, thx Isti for the code)

Ordered :wink:
Thanks!

Does anybody have an ebay-link for the Medford Praetorian clone?
Can’t find anything on ebay or AliExpress?

There are fewer and fewer knives to be found on AE, no idea what’s behind it. A few days ago i was able to find a Praetorian on DHgate, Link:
http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/products/ff808081512e2f4e0151818a0cd975e2.html#st-navigation-storehome

I saw this notice from a store where I did my purchase before:

“We got our shop back online, but we will not show any knife with lock online according to Aliexpress’ policy . Sorry !”

Thanks for that link!

I already have one (full steel) but a friend want’s one, too.
When I bought mine, AE and ebay were full with them :confused:

Yeah, it’s weird, most shops i used to buy knives from have either disappeared or have no products on their AE site. One sent me an email with his website so I cold order directly. But one of the reasons I used AE so prolifically is the great buyer protection they offer.
For now DHgate seems to have the edge, curious to see if that lasts.

I’m wondering if the drop in availability is due to the recent change in Chinese laws. The authorities started cracking down on knives and knife sellers after years of increasing knife attacks throughout China.

Has anyone else found it harder to find Moras online for the UK market? Amazon hardly had any when I looked last week and other sites had a much reduced range.

Who know…?
But for now, DHgate is the new Eldorado for cheap knives junkers :smiley:
If only I’ll find a Cold Steel Trailmaster clone or Mtech 151 bowie…

How likely is it that the new Sanremu listed on GB is Sandvik 12C27?
http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_343454.html

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Does it really not have a blade lock?

Looking at the pics, it doesn’t appear to have one, but the angles of the pictures make it hard to determine conclusively.

EDIT: Seems to be a slip joint type of “lock”.

They got back to me and just said it won’t be available in any markets but to keep an eye out for a new folder they have coming out. I’m sure it will be a good folder but not really relevant if you want a fixed blade!

Would anyone be interested in ordering one from amazon.com and posting it to the UK?

FYI: [link to Alternate Knife Shops discussion]

No proven track record for the vendor, but some/most of the prices are cheap.

A couple of sweet samples:


Browning F82 Folding Knife ($5.33 plus shipping) “[link]”:http://www.sh0142-hk.com/2016-new-browning-knife-f82-pocket-knife-440blade-p-1329.html


Boker F83 Folding Knife ($5.66 plus shipping) “[link]”:http://www.sh0142-hk.com/new-knife-boker-f83-folding-knife-440blade-original-box-p-1328.html

The shipping is making me skip the site.
Just love the protection of AE and well when hanging in there the Gearbest customer support have fixed all my issues.
Problem here is that because of the shipping one is inclined to order more, increasing the rsk for import payments )at least €32 (~$36) here in Europe. Not to think about shipments getting lost.
I cannot find the vendor on AE, while there is mention of him being an AE seller.