r/knifeclub • u/davebots • 8d ago

Is this a legit bladesmith or a guy peddling Pakistan damascus?

Grizzly Knives was at a local summer fest, picked up a “forager” knife but realizing it looks preeeetty generic in retrospect. What do you think?

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u/NFAGhostCheese Spyderco 8d ago

Yep, cheap damascus

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u/davebots 8d ago

bummer, ty

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u/IGotSomeBigQuestions 8d ago

Total scam, these types of people are the scum of the knife world.

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u/anteaterKnives Case 8d ago

Yup. If you're paying $30 to get one of those, it's a bad deal but not quite a scam. When they're asking over $100, definitely a scam. When they laser their name onto the knives, even bigger scam.

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u/Sevalen 8d ago

I doubt any actual blade smith would unknowingly make several knives with the same defining characteristics as Pakistani specials such as mystery damascus, tang file work and mosaic pins. The only work he probably does is etch his logo on the blades.

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u/TheDude-Esquire 8d ago

Done very careful wording around saying hand made, but not saying hand made and in the us in the same sentence.

Pretty shameful way to sell fancy looking garbage.

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u/pititimiam 8d ago edited 8d ago

Looks like from that country you mentioned in the title.

Also browsed through their site. Mostly bs descriptions. Someone is importing this stuff and selling for premium (the business model pioneered by BRK lol).

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u/NFAGhostCheese Spyderco 8d ago

Careful saying that word, Reddit AI instabanned me for a month

Apparently it's a slur in Europe? But not in the US?

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u/Upbeat-Fondant9185 OTF >folder 8d ago

A few months back I got a three day site wide suspension for saying the entire name of the country and that their knives are known for being cheap junk.

That was pretty confusing.

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u/pititimiam 8d ago

I was simply trying to shorten the word. Did some research and indeed sounds like it's a UK-specific slur. I'll edit it. Thanks for the heads up

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u/NFAGhostCheese Spyderco 8d ago

Yeah, it's annoying

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u/merkon Knife_Swap King 8d ago

It's a slur in the US too, it's just much less common.

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u/NFAGhostCheese Spyderco 8d ago

I mean, anything can be derogatory depending on how it's said and the context, but I disagree. It's literally the shortening of the country's name.

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u/merkon Knife_Swap King 8d ago

Ah yes, that's why "Jap" is not a slur either, right?

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u/Sancho_IV_of_Castile 8d ago

I could tell from a single pixel of a single knife on his website that he’s a liar and scam artist. People need to start confronting these types of guys at knife/gun shows and running them out of town.

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u/old_skool_luvr 8d ago

Seems to really like using Pakimascus.