Fake Benchmade knives are so good now, you can't tell the difference.

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Real Benchmade has tanto point and is on top.

Real knife was $250
Fake knife was $40
Action is the same on both knives.

If you send a fake knife to Benchmade for service, they confiscate it.

 

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It may not be "fake" in the true sense but a factory second, third, or worse.

I read a thread on Blade Forums where Cold Steel gets shed of their fook-ups through a licensed seller who sells them under the Cold Steel name at insanely low prices.

And yeah, they are insanely low for a reason!

Benchmade was not mentioned but I could see it easily happening.