Benchmade Crooked River: Fake VS Real 

So glad I saw this. I am totally buying a fake Crooked River on Amazon now.

About 1-2 years ago, i dont care or research much about knife. This Benchmade 10580 clone is the first one i bought ( i dont even know about Benchmade ) It is 9CR18MOV steel ( as the guy who sold it to me said ), i have spine whack it, batoning, rope cutting, ... The lock dont fail even once & trust me i spine whack it so hard the spine printed on the wooden log. For a 35 USD knife it honestly perform too well, the only bad side is that steel too soft ( poor heat treatment ), you would have to grind it again after 2-3 days average use ! Now the real authentic one cost like 10-15x, and im not support counterfeiting at all, but it sure doesnt feel worthy of that price !

Id rather pay clone price... These brands have lost their minds with the price tags

More helpful if you did more close ups of the logo difference. Bought one if these and am questioning the legitimacy of it.

Lol. Why didn't you edit the video?? She looks pissed! 😂

Do they weigh similar with same type of steel? The comparison on the handle and liner parts are pointless

The handle of the clone is ever so slightly thinner ! Any real knife guy could easily tell the difference and if you actually get a good one from benchmade they are both good knives only the clone is 10x less money , butt I would not trust benchmade to mail a good one, go to the store and check them thoroughly I have seen youtubers that went through 5 knives at the store before they found a good one !! I have never recieved a bad clone ( I only collect clones of stupid high greedy priced knife companies knives ) they are good knives cnc is cnc !

I wonder how many of these fake knives benchmade gets sent in to them for warranty work only to find out they’re fake

easiest way is the logo on the blade. real is smooth, fake is raised.

watchman makes the mini crooked river clone ( no brand )custom $40.00 ,you can get custom features on the clone crooked river large $50.00 now ! D2 steel 56-60 as good as xhp or s35vn ! s30 is repackaged and lyhyped 440 ! ! did you say you were going to do an un-bias review ? I'm bias to the clones because I bought the crooked river large and mini ,the mini came with a broken spring and the lousy quality control at benchmade combined with their greedy rip off customer disloyal price and they sent me a total cull completely unfinished knife ( to many F ups to list ) ,yeah I know send it back ! right ? I paid the stupid high price so that I could get a usable well finished knife and not do the send the cull back game ! when I go out to eat if the rib eye is not done medium well , I do not send it back I just don't go there any more ! I finished it myself ! I buy low priced ( not cheap ) good quality knives all the time ( gift them a lot ) and have not received a cull yet ! just ordered the mini $139.00 , a somewhat reasonable price ,we'll see if it isn't a cull !

Like your reviews. But as much as you put down Chinese meat product you should not be using Chinese made tools to disassemble your knives. For people like me with that have instinctive eyes.

If it costs 4x as much as it should it's the real one ! Nothing like a bias review , gang bias no less ! These knives are made with Chines cnc machines, even the so called real ones that are said to be made in America (I have not heard of an American cnc machine ,maybe you have ) ! And the steel BS hype ! D2 is the best edge holding next is xhp ,s30v is repackaged 440 not even as good edge holding as 440c , s35vn is near as good as xhp ! But wait s40 v is coming and you can hype that ! I bought the real crooked river, it arrived nearly totally unfinished ( the sides of the blade were like a file that had been grounded a little , that was just one thing )! I bought the clone , it arrived perfect out of the box ! The clone is slightly thinner in the handle too ! Oh! Yeah ! I finished The real one and gave it as a gift ! And kept the clone ! I'm a user not a collector but I do collect clones of way way over priced and over hyped knives ! I paid 4x what it was worth so as to get a perfect knife out of the box !! I just think of someone going over seas waiting for this knife and it arrives just in time ,unfinished ! And before I gifted it the springs broke both of them in fact every benchmade knife I have ( the real ones ) the springs have broken , my crooked river mini arrived with a broken spring ! All replaced with Ganzo (G) lock springs that have not broken in all the years that I have used them ,and used them !

¹knock the clone ,but not the geedy rip off price that benchmade charges ( I bought the real crooked river , it was delivered unfinished ,the side of the blade looked like a file that was not ground flat, all the edges all over the knife were sharp enough to cut you )! Bothe the clone and the so called real one are made on Chinese cnc machines ! But benchmade does not pass on the vast sav1ing in skilled labor to the customer .you know like a patriotic loyal to the customer company would !!!

Hard Cringe.

come on, be honest, this is a biased round table !