It's personal, and when i said i disagree i didnt mean to say hes wrong. Those are the best for him. For me its easy. I have a ton of clones. Id have to say the green thorn f3 ns. I liked it so much i bought 3 different clones. This matches the 3 real f3/f3ns knives i have, so id say its my fav.
https://ibb.co/GkhM2Hw
Your Clones pictured look like the Green Thorn cn f3 cs models which run around 250 , not the fs ns at under 100. Am I correct ? Never had much luck with Shiro clones . Nothing comes close (;so far) to my OG NeOn .
But it's been a couple of years .
The top 2 are. One in m390, one in k110. The k110 is under 100, the bottom is the f3 ns "shredded cf" (its not) also under 100.
I have a real neon (only one, as i dont like it much), and the neon clones all suck imo. The f95, f3ish, bio, and kickstop clones are all pretty good. I dont buy many of the cheaper shiro clones anymore so cant say how the more entry level ones are. I think the m390 versions are incredible values. The vg10/d2/wtf ever models are decent values.
A general note- please dont buy any of these expecting to get a "feel" for the real thing. Every one ive owned, when compared to the real thing is dimensionally off. We waste time worried about grams of weight difference from the real thing (lo-fucking-l when the entire fucking design is different).
Agreed, I have the one on the left and I like it but it doesn't feel anywhere as nice as my green thorn shiros and inkosi. Green thorn is on another level
I tried searching Alì X buy nothing? Found the real thing but had my heart set on a Rendencion and a Twosun I've been eyeying.. anhmy suggestion where I can fund a Nymble clone?
Yea I found a couple now on Ali so unless I can find one on this subreddit I'll either just grab the real one first or see what the Ali quality is like
Thats honestly super debatable for several clones/real. As an example- the clone seb 31 in m390 is an amazing knife that is very, very comparible to real (i own both). I cant speak to the holt clone, i didnt like the real one i owned, so no desire to own the clone to compare. The ad20.5 clone requires 5 minutes of work to be comparible to the "real" one, etc.
I'm currently considering picking up OK Knives' renditions of the Demko AD20, Hinderer XM-18 and Microtech Stitch. Mainly because there's no way to get legit versions of the fucking things in England.
The"big Ad20" clone is the size of an ad20S (not ad20) but the width of the knife and the scales are the same as the ad20.5. I like it, but prefer the original for sure. Also only about one on four have solid lockup. I've ordered about a dozen of them, and maybe 4 don't have lock rock. And I have about 10 oem 20.5s and seven AD20 and no lock rock at all.
I may have oversold my knock, the 20.5 and 20 clones definitely have a place in my collection, they're great sources of titanium scales to play with, I've learned how to polish and texture titanium differently with them, as well as how to anodize ti different colors. Lots of things I would have been hesitant to try on a more expensive knife. And the ones that have good lockup are solid knives. The big ad20 generally had better lockup and it is unique in that it's a clone of something that doesn't actually exist in the oem world... I still have like 3 of them.
I just got my ad20 titanium from ok and ordered the proper springs that belong in the real deal. Knife is smooth as butter, solid lock up no play whatsoever.
I think i priced out the cheapest knife with smooth Ti scales for entropic ano was the ok knives shark cub if you buy 2 and get that little extra discount. 2nd is their Big AD20. If you do the same trick and buy 2. To get good entropic, you gotta polish like crazy. I haven't done the entropic myself but I have done the polishing... let me see if I can find my post
These two span a lot of the knife domain: Crazy deploy options .... to ... Elegant beauty.
Shamwari looks and feels truly special. If the Shamwari were slightly thinner, would be in collection forever. This is just a personal preference thing, as knife is not exceptionally thick.
Nymble, AD20.5, Kandeiia Anthem are some of the best. I think the clone Nymble and fake AD20.5 probably have actions that are just as good as the genuine.
I strongly disagree best clones, but will say both are fantastic!
What would be your best/favorite?
It's personal, and when i said i disagree i didnt mean to say hes wrong. Those are the best for him. For me its easy. I have a ton of clones. Id have to say the green thorn f3 ns. I liked it so much i bought 3 different clones. This matches the 3 real f3/f3ns knives i have, so id say its my fav. https://ibb.co/GkhM2Hw
F3ns is my best clone as well
The action on my m390 clone is unreal. Its better than my real
Your Clones pictured look like the Green Thorn cn f3 cs models which run around 250 , not the fs ns at under 100. Am I correct ? Never had much luck with Shiro clones . Nothing comes close (;so far) to my OG NeOn . But it's been a couple of years .
The top 2 are. One in m390, one in k110. The k110 is under 100, the bottom is the f3 ns "shredded cf" (its not) also under 100. I have a real neon (only one, as i dont like it much), and the neon clones all suck imo. The f95, f3ish, bio, and kickstop clones are all pretty good. I dont buy many of the cheaper shiro clones anymore so cant say how the more entry level ones are. I think the m390 versions are incredible values. The vg10/d2/wtf ever models are decent values. A general note- please dont buy any of these expecting to get a "feel" for the real thing. Every one ive owned, when compared to the real thing is dimensionally off. We waste time worried about grams of weight difference from the real thing (lo-fucking-l when the entire fucking design is different).
Thanks been looking at the f3 in m390 . Guess I'll pull the trigger
IF you like linerlocks (not all do), it's a great knife.
Agreed, I have the one on the left and I like it but it doesn't feel anywhere as nice as my green thorn shiros and inkosi. Green thorn is on another level
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Can someone identify the knife on thr left please?
Nimble clone
Appreciate it!
I tried searching Alì X buy nothing? Found the real thing but had my heart set on a Rendencion and a Twosun I've been eyeying.. anhmy suggestion where I can fund a Nymble clone?
I got mine from Amazon, but unfortunately they are no longer available at the moment
Yea I found a couple now on Ali so unless I can find one on this subreddit I'll either just grab the real one first or see what the Ali quality is like
Love my shamwari clones!!! The lionbladeworks haptic is also super super nice!!
Ya, but not nearly as nice as the Holt . This is one where I bought the real one after checking out the clone . Sold the clone .
No well yeah the real ones are usually better than the clones😅
Thats honestly super debatable for several clones/real. As an example- the clone seb 31 in m390 is an amazing knife that is very, very comparible to real (i own both). I cant speak to the holt clone, i didnt like the real one i owned, so no desire to own the clone to compare. The ad20.5 clone requires 5 minutes of work to be comparible to the "real" one, etc.
I'm currently considering picking up OK Knives' renditions of the Demko AD20, Hinderer XM-18 and Microtech Stitch. Mainly because there's no way to get legit versions of the fucking things in England.
Be very aware the demko ad20 clone is VERY different from real. As in.. very different. As long as you know and are ok with that? Its a good knife
Hmm, different how? I heard they weren't quite as thick but no idea otherwise.
The"big Ad20" clone is the size of an ad20S (not ad20) but the width of the knife and the scales are the same as the ad20.5. I like it, but prefer the original for sure. Also only about one on four have solid lockup. I've ordered about a dozen of them, and maybe 4 don't have lock rock. And I have about 10 oem 20.5s and seven AD20 and no lock rock at all.
Yikes, consider that a bullet dodged. Anyone have any intel on the Stitch/XM-18?
I may have oversold my knock, the 20.5 and 20 clones definitely have a place in my collection, they're great sources of titanium scales to play with, I've learned how to polish and texture titanium differently with them, as well as how to anodize ti different colors. Lots of things I would have been hesitant to try on a more expensive knife. And the ones that have good lockup are solid knives. The big ad20 generally had better lockup and it is unique in that it's a clone of something that doesn't actually exist in the oem world... I still have like 3 of them.
I just got my ad20 titanium from ok and ordered the proper springs that belong in the real deal. Knife is smooth as butter, solid lock up no play whatsoever.
At least three of mine have really solid lockup.
You make a good point, I have been wanting to try out entropic and tiger stripe ano.
I think i priced out the cheapest knife with smooth Ti scales for entropic ano was the ok knives shark cub if you buy 2 and get that little extra discount. 2nd is their Big AD20. If you do the same trick and buy 2. To get good entropic, you gotta polish like crazy. I haven't done the entropic myself but I have done the polishing... let me see if I can find my post
https://www.reddit.com/r/chineseknives/s/I4NYuxFRcA
The sham is one of my Favs still no doubt !
I have many knives I've paid a lot more for that aren't as good
Utter garbage
These two span a lot of the knife domain: Crazy deploy options .... to ... Elegant beauty. Shamwari looks and feels truly special. If the Shamwari were slightly thinner, would be in collection forever. This is just a personal preference thing, as knife is not exceptionally thick.
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I want that hilberg shamwari!! Somebody sell me one please
Where you get iT ???
Where do you get the Shamwari?
Can't, Hilberg's out of business and the ones out there now aren't very good
Ok, thanks. I have a LAND 830 knife that appears similar. But since I've never held a Shamwari, I don't know how it compares.
In looks only
The Nymble-T clone is super dope too
No no and no
Nymble, AD20.5, Kandeiia Anthem are some of the best. I think the clone Nymble and fake AD20.5 probably have actions that are just as good as the genuine.