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
The No Time Off, designed by Flavio Ikoma, is the first folding knife manufactured by CRKT to be equipped with the new locking mechanism ILSTM.
Created by the successful knife maker and designer Ken Onion, famous for his many collaborations with the world of production knives, the Halfachance is the modern version of the Parang of Southeast Asia.
The Cobia, a brand new product of 2014 by the famous American brand CRKT, is an everyday carry folding knife which has an intriguing design and an appearance of sheer elegance, making it a worthy representative in the gentleman's pocket knife category.
The hit M-16 series made by CRKT (Columbia River Knives & Tools) is one of their most popular ranges. Under the same heading, M-16, there is a line of EDC (Every Day Carry) knives and a line of military professional products.
Created by the famous knife maker and designer Bob Lum, the Onslaught in the mini version is a very practical and functional tactical folding knife.
Born just over two years ago, the new Russian manufacturer Kizlyar Supreme, in addition to becoming the leading brand in its Country, is also successful in the North European market with its Hi-Tech knives, conceived by a team made up of the union of designers and engineers from Russia, Germany, Australia and Japan.