What applies to the
PM2 clone discussion seems to apply to the
Delica4 discussion too.
NeptuneKnives
is the only one on YT who points out the decisive dead giveaway, and for this checkpoint one
does not need another clone or genuine knife unit for comparison or reference: if you have just one knife unit, checking this point 448968 alone suffices to determine whether the unit is genuine or clone. Basta.
Note: The following photos are posted in cute
450p, click to view in
5K high-def resolution (all photo credits
@rdlinternas).
So let's start the education with the PM2. It is no news that in the profile view the jimping of the PM2-clone looks cut primitively, geometrically:
The jimping of the genuine PM2 looks cut somewhat wavily, like waves. The wave profile is actually very subtle:
Since you might see the wave profile even on a good clone in a very very subtle form too (i.e. you're not sure if the waviness is sufficient to qualify as genuine PM2), the true dead giveaway comes as soon as you look right into the jimping! As
NeptuneKnives explained in the video, on the clone the inside of the jimping
looks spotty, grainy, speckled, dirty, cheap, and unmachined
(even though it may well be machined wtf knows):
On the genuine PM2 the inside of the jimping looks smooth, machined. Machined probably through water jets or whatnot:
Here three more photos showing the inside of the jimping on the genuine PM2 to form a full picture in your mind for future reference by heart:
Now the same goes for the Delica4 and Endura4. This is the jimping profile view of a poor Delica4 lookalike:
The profile of the jimping on the genuine Delica4:
And finally the comparison between the inside of the jimpings. This is the inside of the
clone jimping. Hard to see on the photo but it does look spotty and unmachined in RL:
And here is the inside of the genuine Delica4 jimping. Again hard to see on the photo that it does look machined in RL, one can see machining marks
(maybe not from water jets tho i dunno):
On the Delica4 and Endura4 the inside of the jimpings are harder to photograph because everything is so small narrow tight tiny. But with a loupe one can see right away if the inside looks spotty (clone!) or machined (genuine!). And even if CN knife makers learn the dead giveaway from this very post, it is highly doubtful that they'll be able to correct it in their future productions of the knife blade.
. Judging from the poor quality of the photos i'd be on the safe side thinking that the knife is a fake. Please check the inside of the jimping with a magnifying glass. If still unsure what to look for, get a guaranteed original brandnew unit from another source (reputable: knifecenter, amazon, bladehq) in order to do a side by side comparison on your own, to learn what the genuine inside of the jimping should look like.
