Counterfeit Emerson Knives Warning
Emerson is issuing a customer alert to purchasers of products, particularly via internet sales, in regards to bogus Emerson products that are apparently being illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China. These products bear many of the marks and trade dress of current making them very hard to distinguish externally from authentic Emerson products.In recent months, counterfeited Emerson’s have begun to arrive with increasing regularity to the Emerson headquarters for service. These products are not manufactured by Emerson and are not covered by the Emerson Knives, Inc Guarantee.
The thing to be aware of is that if you are an internet shopper and you find a price that is "Too good to be true", then it probably is a counterfeit.Remember that the customer demand for Emerson Knives has always exceeded the supply. And, Emerson does not discount any of their products. Our prices to distributors, dealers and retail are structured so that no one seller has an unfair advantage over any other seller.
Once again, be advised that a ridiculously low priced Emerson is possibly a counterfeit or that the dealer does not and probably never has had, an actual Emerson Knife in stock but unfortunately, is using the Emerson name to lure you into buying some other product.
We recommend that you buy an Emerson Knife from a reputable, well regarded dealer. We have experienced too many stories of ultra low priced sellers taking customers money and then claiming that the knife is on backorder – sometimes for months. Verify that the dealer has the knife in stock before you order.
We are looking out for you but in the end, as the Ancient Romans said so simply “Caveat Emptor” – Let the buyer beware.
Good Hunting,
Ernest R. Emerson
Well we have all see the rash of fake Commanders on E-bay, and at gun shows, etc, etc.
Most sellers don't come right out and say what they are selling is fake.
You often see words like Emerson type, or replica, and even Commander style knife.
We all know that the 2000 commander is the most counterfeited Emerson of them all.
We have all heard, and read "look for torx screws instead of regular phillips on the handles,
knurling on thumb stud and the grain of the G-10, and the fake as hell 2000 logo.
As you will see below (in detail) in this post is that these copycats have gotten a little bit "smarter"
Thanks to Gus(gstrand) for supplying me with one of their latest attempt to trick us. A 2008 logo'ed
FAKE Emerson Commander.
NOTE: Throughout this post the real Emerson is on the bottom.
Let us begin with the box. The color of the logo on the fake box is pretty
much all red with not much fading of red to white color.
Also the letters are not as BOLD. Also when the boxes are open, you see that
the inside of the real Emerson box is white, and is just better quality material than the fake box.
Now for the knife. For this comparison I will be using a green bladed 2000 Commander,
because it has the swedge, and also the screws down the middle of the handle.(and green is just cool)
The two pictures show a few obvious signs of the fake that I noted above
(torx screws instead of regular phillips on the handles, knurling on thumb stud and the grain of the G-10, and the fake as hell 2000 logo.)
Also you look closer, you will start to notice other things such as;
1.The contours around the scales are not uniform on the fake.
2.The shiny black pivot screw on the fake.
3.Smaller logo.
4.The fact that all the holes in the handle of the fake look "rough"
5.The gap between the sides of the thumb stud and the blade.
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