I find "fakes" and "clones" of various products interesting. I don't know why, I just do. There's just something about them that intrigues me.
So through my various moseying around the Interwebz, I found this oddity today:
I call it... the Curt-Benza-Made. :)
I don't know. Something about it just was interesting. It wasn't an exact clone. It wasn't a fake, per se. It was a ... collection of various aspects of other knives that was mashed together. The general shape of the knife (Sebenza), the axis lock (Benchmade), and what looks like a rendition of the older version of Curtiss's S.P.O.T. pivot design.
Would I buy this? No. One day, I'll own a CRK Sebbie. I'm on the list for a Curtiss at the moment. :) And I already own a Benchmade:
haha I don't know. :) I just had to laugh. It's just interesting. If I didn't know about these custom knife makers and how much passion they put in to making and designing their knives, and learn about knives in general, I probably would have bought one for the sake of having a pretty knife and what I would have assumed to be a "good" knife. Back then, I wouldn't know the difference between a $10.00 knife and a $100.00 knife; that's now changed. But that doesn't change the fact that I still find these fakes/clones interesting. :)
I guess I do have to give this guy some prop for at least not making an exact duplicate of a Sebbie like those other ones you see on the aliexpress site. They'd put their name on the blade instead of Chris Reeves or something. Those other ones are straight up fakes and have the guts to put Mr. Reeve's name on their knives and sell them as such. Horrible. :(
