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Astrodinosaur
198
Jun 24, 2017
Flat-out wrong. The knives they're ripping off for the most part aren't intended to be crappy beater knives. They're thoughtful designs, arguably works of art, with ergos and materials intended to work together to provide superior cutting tools. You can get any number of beaters designed to be beaters. If you want a great knife for a low cost that you're not afraid to abuse then Kershaw, CRKT, Ontario knives, etc have plenty of knives that should be perfect for you and aren't ripping off anyone else's work. These are for people who like the look of nicer knives but don't want to spend the money, and in my opinion that's no better than buying counterfeit shoes or ripping DVDs. Stealing is stealing, period.
Plus, if you're paying $100+ for a knife and you're afraid to abuse it, you're either ignorant/incompetent (I don't say that insultingly; those are just the words for it) when it comes to understanding the uses of various knife designs and properly using and caring for those knives, or you're buying some overpriced, poorly made knives. My LionSteel KUR cost me almost $200, and it's been to hell and back and never once let me down. Yes, sharpening that Sleipner steel is more of a chore than the lousy Walmart kitchen knife steel on these Ganzos, but it holds its edge much longer and won't bend or snap if I have to pry something. You would've gone through 4 or 5 of these Ganzos in the space of time I've used and abused my genuine LionSteel, and I'll still be using it for years to come while you're buying your 20th replacement. So you're not even saving money.
jim_archibald
13
Aug 15, 2019
AstrodinosaurFrankly, I doubt one knife maker in America has NOT copied a design. Why is Ganzo the sacrificial cow? Slaughter Benchmade for stealing the spider hole! Hang Spyderco too, they use the curve. Hell put 'em all in jail. As I see it, the problem is, Ganzo is often preferred to more expensive U.S. made knifes, and big knife companies don't like the competition. Thus the big B/S propaganda campaign. Ganzo really doesn't compete at their level. I'd bet that a person buying a Ganzo most likely wouldn't spend $250.00 on a pocket knife anyway.
Astrodinosaur
198
Sep 13, 2019
jim_archibaldThat's absurd. A single design element being similar isn't the same as stealing every line of the knife, adding a small twist, slapping your own brand on it and pretending it's a new product, which Ganzo has repeatedly done. They thrive in their theft because they're a Chinese company operating in the same was as so many other Chinese companies: with zero regard for patent laws and committing blatant IP theft without anything even resembling consequences. It's also absurd to claim that it's a BS propaganda campaign because people buying Ganzos wouldn't buy the nice knives anyway. First of all, the Instagram knife community is proof otherwise, as with very little effort you can find a ton of people with pictures of Ganzos in their feed right next to pictures of much nicer knives, so it's not just about money. Second, as I mentioned in my initial comment, there are plenty of low priced knife options available that aren't blatant rip-offs, from Kershaw to CRKT to Schrade to Buck to Byrd by Spyderco -- not mention Spyderco's lower end stuff -- and so on. People who buy Ganzo's rip-off designs are people who either don't know any better or want to own something that looks like a higher end knife without paying the price. And I realize that Ganzo has lots of designs that are their own (or seem to be, at least), but that doesn't make the rip-offs any better. And I'll grant that they're still better than the companies making and selling counterfeit knives, but that's a very low bar.
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