Yes Steve, i started buying fake knives years ago but after some fakes i saw enlan, sanrenmu and so and the prices were not much more expensive. From my fakes i have some very very good, fit and finish like sanrenmu or better (yes, it is incredible), the boker fakes were very good (but the steel i do not know), but others were crap, and dangerous. A bit hit and the lock system is out. There are much differences between one fake and another.
But i know that much fakes use very very poor steel like 3cr13 and 5cr13, if it was 8cr13 i would be happy, but i think fakes do not use 8cr13 like enlan and so. I know it is hard fight with the tentation… Ganzo perhaps is good, they copy the real models but with quality steel and are copies not fakes.
Well, navy copies spyderco but i am tired of read about bad threatment or bad steels from navy, i have not any navy for that.
By the way, why enlan do not bring us new models??. Harnds, ganzo and sanrenmu bring a lot…