Unfortunately, also in the world of blades, there is the counterfeit market of main brands knives.
Generally these fakes are being offered on Chinese online stores, but also on several online stores apparently beyond suspicion.
As a first suggestion you have to be wary of products sold at excessively low prices, in addition, if the seller does not guarantee the authenticity of the knife, it is better to look more closely at every detail of the product, comparing them with the photos of original products that are always on producers offical websites.
Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish original products from fakes, because in the latter are given false information - written on blades or packaging - about places of production (although the fake knives are made in China - and Asia in general - they are marked with the place of production which appears onto original models); it is notice that also fake knives have serial numbers, just like the originals.
Here are some conterfeit knives of prestigious brands. In some cases we make comparison with the original product.
We make an appeal to knives enthusiasts to be careful not to raise the counterfeit market that are hurting honest businesses in favor of those who enrich themselves by doing commercial parasitism by exploiting innovative and inventive efforts of others to gain benefit in a completely illegitimate way.
Alessandra De Santis
Hobbyist knife maker from Cerveteri (Rome, Italy), Marco Villella Rodio started his career as knife maker in 2015, driven by the passion for blades that accompanies him since he was a child and that was transmitted to him by his grandfather.
Fulvio Felice Cuccurullo, born in 1990, has undertaken his career as a knife maker in 2016 driven by his passion for this art
Growing up with a passion for firearms and knives, Pasquale De Bartolomeo started making knives as an hobby in 2009.
Young member of ABS (American Bladesmith Society), Alessio D'Emilio - born in 1986 - has undertaken the bladesmithing art in 2016, and in just 3 years has already achieved excellent results.
Elvis Stepcic, a very young knife maker from Istria born in '93, began to be involved in the world of knives when he still attended the school, and he started making his first creations in 2011.
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