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hey yall heres my new EXILED! FU42! with weehawk blade. i know that this knife is a copy of the infamous BM42 and i hope to not start anything by posting this cause i do like this knife and it does flip very well! ive seen other forums with a few people that have just blasted the hell outta this knife because of the owner and the fact that it is the copy of the BM42, i myself dont figure anyone here would bother blasting something so bad cause were all adult here RIGHT!!! simply i have no problem at all with this knife especially for the reason that finding a BM42 (real or clone) seems to not be an easy task, ive tried IOFFER.com and ALIEXPRESS.com and all i got was ripped off ! but hey whatever shit happens i lost out 40$ big whoop! i personally like benchmade products (other then them discontinuing the good knives) and JB at roadsideimports has always been a straight forward guy(bit of a hardass)but still a no bullshit kinda guy and whatevers between him and benchmade are just that, between them! i like the knife that him and exiled have produced ( i am still iffy on the latch at the bottom) but all in all a fun and nice knife to flip around! im also curious to see if anyone else has purchased one and what there opinion on it is?
Isn't that just one of the Chinese clones with the Benchmade logo ground off and re-etched with a skull and crossbones? How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking?
BTB0923 wrote:Isn't that just one of the Chinese clones with the Benchmade logo ground off and re-etched with a skull and crossbones?
unfortunately i do not have a BM42 (real or chinese) to compare it with! i still would very much like to get a real BM42 or a fake one just for comparison but alas it seems to be a knife i cannot find and if i do something goes wrong! but its a fun knife to play with, i think its a decent quality, im no pro or nothing im sure someones gonna be like ohhhh its not titanium or this or that but for the guys that have been looking for the BM42 for along time this atleast gives us a chance. im sure theres probably people out there that have one or two or like ten nice BM balisongs but unfortunatley im not one of them, i think if benchmade never discontinued the knife i dont it would of been sought out after as much as it is right now. and this prolly wouldnt happen, and i would have like ten nice BM balisongs in wikid awesome collection! hahaha god sometimes finding that one knife is just so hard
KG420 I edited my post. I did some research and apparently they are made in States. I apologize for my previous post before I edited it. I'm amazed that BM has not jumped all over them for copyright infringement.
jimbeam wrote:KG420 I edited my post. I did some research and apparently they are made in States. I apologize for my previous post before I edited it. I'm amazed that BM has not jumped all over them for copyright infringement.
of its all good dude i have no idea if there chinese,american? i knew if it was from canada it woulda been a maple leaf stamp haha!
I've skimmed a few threads about these knives on some other forums, and people are generally expressing negative views about them. Seems like the owner of "Exiled Cutlery", which is really just another new name for Roadside Imports (I think there are three or four different names now), has rubbed a whole lot of people the wrong way.
Personally, I don't have any problem with the knives as long as they aren't being produced to deceive the buyer into thinking they are getting something that they really aren't. I hope that if they are made of Chinese parts that they are priced accordingly. Real BM42's are extremely overpriced right now, and have been ever since that movie "Kickass" came out.
jimbeam wrote:I'm amazed that BM has not jumped all over them for copyright infringement.
Me too! Time will tell. I believe that they've sued Roadside Imports before, and won.
Knifeguy420 wrote:...finding a BM42 (real or clone) seems to not be an easy task...
No offense Mr. Knifeguy, but you must not be looking very hard because they are EVERYWHERE. I did a couple quick searches, and found all these BM42 for sale threads posted just within the last week...
Knifeguy420 wrote:...finding a BM42 (real or clone) seems to not be an easy task...
No offense Mr. Knifeguy, but you must not be looking very hard because they are EVERYWHERE. I did a couple quick searches, and found all these recently posted BM42 for sale threads...
People know they are selling for outrageous prices, and are taking full advantage of it.
This is the only knife forum i belong to at the moment anyways, but everytime i search for em i always end up coming to stores that still have the ad but are all outta stock, or something like ioffer.com for a fake( in which case i got ripped off $40)! Also ive come across a few forums like jerzeedevil but on google there always old ads. But thanks BTB ill check out another knife forum, also being from up north not everyones willing to deal. How do you tell the real ones from the fakes?
Knifeguy420 wrote:How do you tell the real ones from the fakes?
Well, I haven't actually handled a fake one...but I've learned that one big thing to look for in pics is the end of the latch. On a real 42 the end of the latch is shaped like a UFO, a disc-like shape rounded on both the top and bottom. On the fakes they are only rounded on the side pointing away from the handles, and the side pointing towards the knife is flat. The blade grind on the fakes is also slightly different, and if you get good enough pictures you can see the crappy finishing on the fakes in corners and other places.
edit: latch, not safety...derp
Last edited by BTB0923 on Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Can someone with more knowledge than I confirm or deny that the "Exiled" FU42 balisongs are made of parts made in the USA? Or are they made in China and then assembled in USA? I just noticed that not only are they being sold by RoadsideImports, but PVK.com is now advertising them also.
BTB0923 wrote:Can someone with more knowledge than I confirm or deny that the "Exiled" FU42 balisongs are made of parts made in the USA? Or are they made in China and then assembled in USA? I just noticed that not only are they being sold by RoadsideImports, but PVK.com is now advertising them also.
BTB the scuttlebutt is that several of the American makers are importing the parts from China and ASSEMBLING in the US therefore they apparently can say Made in USA. I know here in Canada the same thing is going on with various products. Even the Big Three automakers are doing the same thing.
I know where to buy the fake bm42, only thing is i got ripped off so now i dont trust that ioffer or aliexpress those places are total rip offs(dont use them) so i figure ill just join another forum and maybe hope someones honest about selling a real one (again i doubt it) so till i can find either one ill just stick with my new fu42! And if it is a copy from china wpuldnt it cost a alot to take a bunch of bm42 copys grind off the fake bm logo and put on his, eitther way the controversy over a knife like this is crazy! Abd can benchmade really sue? Cause i mean even the cold steel paradox has almost the exact same milled handles that the bm does, and can you really copy right a blade style? I dont know much about copys like this but better believe if some company copy righted the stiletto style look so it couldnt be used by other companys, then we wouldnt have some of the nice stilettos we got now, same if say only one comapny did leverlocks and copy righted that so others couldnt make levers! Again if people dont like it they dont have to buy it, but from what ive read on other forums it seems like alotta people are slamming it without ever holding one in your hands, hell i have fun flipping round the cheap ass $6.99 from china i mean its not a collection peice but in the end i simply buy what i want! Like i said before if benchmade wouldnt of discontinued spmething thats such a huge seller then im sure roadsideimports and half of china wouldnt have made the copy cause there wouldnt be in duch demand. Still wanna see if anyone else has handled one and cares to share there opinion? I will say i dont care for there new latch lockin mechinism its kinda weird Haha
And if it is a copy from china wpuldnt it cost a alot to take a bunch of bm42 copys grind off the fake bm logo and put on his
You can just have them produced without the logo in the first place, it saves the makers a step too.
Also, benchmade might try to sue, they've tried to sue boker over stupid stuff before.
This is the magic incantation congress uses to constantly violate the 10th Amendment - "...the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, possession, or introduction into interstate commerce of such shall be prohibited"
simply i have no problem at all with this knife especially for the reason that finding a BM42 (real or clone) seems to not be an easy task, ive tried IOFFER.com and ALIEXPRESS.com and all i got was ripped off 
! but hey whatever shit happens i lost out 40$ big whoop! i personally like benchmade products (other then them discontinuing the good knives) and JB at roadsideimports has always been a straight forward guy(bit of a hardass)but still a no bullshit kinda guy and whatevers between him and benchmade are just that, between them! i like the knife that him and exiled have produced ( i am still iffy on the latch at the bottom) but all in all a fun and nice knife to flip around! im also curious to see if anyone else has purchased one and what there opinion on it is?
