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Georgedbugge
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Unique knife on e-Bay

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Just saw this on e-Bay. Judging from the shipping address (Hong Kong), and some of the seller's other items offered for sale, I've got a feeling this knife may be a clone! :shock:

But.... a clone of what? Has anyone ever seen a curved lever lock similar to this?

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It says Ganzo Tool so it may not be a clone but it's definitely a China knife. If it's a Ganzo it's well made.
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sammy the blade wrote:It says Ganzo Tool so it may not be a clone but it's definitely a China knife. If it's a Ganzo it's well made.
Well, the seller is calling themselves Ganzo-Tool, but it appears they've attempted to cover the counterfeit AKC Italy stamp with the lever. AKC must be the easiest for them to spell as they call everything AKC.
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Not a clone of anything. Just a Chinese knife.
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Bill DeShivs wrote:Not a clone of anything. Just a Chinese knife.
True enough and they admit it is made there. However, the AKC tang stamp is purposely misleading. Not confident a legal action over a trade mark infringement would go anywhere in that country.
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I see so many marked that way, I completely overlooked it!
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