Is this really a USA made knife?
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Is this really a USA made knife?
Looking through one of my boxes of knives, this one got my attention. I suppose it could be described as a "tactical". It has some weight to it, the handle/frame is not metallic, it fires open with great snap and locks up. Here are pictures of the knife that has only U.S.A. on the mark side of the blade.
Would love to know who made and when? Just thinking it might be one of the early tacticals when they first started to be so popular years back. Treefarmer
Would love to know who made and when? Just thinking it might be one of the early tacticals when they first started to be so popular years back. Treefarmer
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Re: Is this really a USA made knife?
Looks like a Benchmade knockoff to me. Origin questionable
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I agree, I think it's a knockoff from overseas.
Somewhere on the Pacific Rim to be precise.
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Re: Is this really a USA made knife?
Is it an auto? Kind of reminds me of a Gerber or a Buck.
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Re: Is this really a USA made knife?
Definitely Chinese.
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Ahh...So....
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Cheap Benchmade copy,. I sold quite a few of those back in the day.
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Re: Is this really a USA made knife?
Thanks for the comments concerning this knife!
I have been looking around to see if I could spot another one just like this one but to no avail. However I found this one listed here on AAPK , it is listed as a clone: https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... flex-clone
The knives are not identical but very similar down to the equal overall length and equal blade length. They even have the similar grooves on the handles that are slightly different shapes. One noticeable difference is the lack of a lanyard hole in the one I have.
Since some of y'all feel good about this being a copy I will step out and say that it does seem to be very well made. Very smooth action when the button is pushed and absolutely no sideways play. It is not a good looking knife by any means when closed up.
Treefarmer
I have been looking around to see if I could spot another one just like this one but to no avail. However I found this one listed here on AAPK , it is listed as a clone: https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... flex-clone
The knives are not identical but very similar down to the equal overall length and equal blade length. They even have the similar grooves on the handles that are slightly different shapes. One noticeable difference is the lack of a lanyard hole in the one I have.
Since some of y'all feel good about this being a copy I will step out and say that it does seem to be very well made. Very smooth action when the button is pushed and absolutely no sideways play. It is not a good looking knife by any means when closed up.
Treefarmer
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Re: Is this really a USA made knife?
Some of the knockoff, clone, copy, whatever are very well made. My guesstimate is that it is an early knockoff 1990's.
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Since it's an auto, I'm still leaning towards Gerber. Could it be a military production knife?
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I have two Gerber autos, one was military issue. They don't look like this.1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:25 pm Since it's an auto, I'm still leaning towards Gerber. Could it be a military production knife?
It's Chinese in my opinion. Phillips screws also look at how cheap the clip looks.
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edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:55 pmI have two Gerber autos, one was military issue. They don't look like this.1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:25 pm Since it's an auto, I'm still leaning towards Gerber. Could it be a military production knife?
It's Chinese in my opinion. Phillips screws also look at how cheap the clip looks.
Yeah, there's a few red flags here . . .
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Re: Is this really a USA made knife?
Can’t say for certain but I’m guessing that it’s an import. American made knives would have the name of the maker on them. It looks like a Gerber but I’ve never seen a Gerber that was just stamped USA.
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