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I sent cardoso5fr a PM asking him to post his review here. let's see if it works.linos wrote:can you post the link i can not figure out how to do the search there...LOLThat review is on the USN forum. I'd link it but you have to have a login name there to view posts. He basically describes the FU42 as just being a Chinese clone (as many of us suspected) that has been fitted with a Bradley Kimura latch.
Thanks Cardoso. I was hoping the maker had a different sort of fix, like send it in I'll fix it with the correct parts, other than adding washers that I don't have but I'm sure I know where they sell them or filing down the pivots, like that's something I do everyday. Once I took it apart I lost one of the tiny washers under my workbench. I really thought for $130 plus delivered I would get a knife that would be complete. I actually thought the pivot deseign was good and would allow adjustment. I couldn't imagine that the only way to adjust it was to make it more sloppy. As it is now the blade edge is nicked up from hitting the handle, it's missing a washer so now I have put it in my round file with my mistakes. I learn the hard way more than most but once I do learn I don't forget. I'm over this onecardoso5fr wrote:The pivot are too skinny and tooo long..... You need to file them for the size and to put some washer more for the over bladeplay.... For the skinny part, nothing to do...... They are really not bright clone... The nickel plating, take a dark patern with the time.....
I like this knife too. I am thinking about selling one of mine. I have the damascus weehawk. It is nice!Knifeguy420 wrote:hey yall heres my new EXILED! FU42! with weehawk blade. i know that this knife is a copy of the infamous BM42 and i hope to not start anything by posting this cause i do like this knife and it does flip very well!
Nevermind.HumanEvolution wrote:Knifeguy420 wrote:BTB0923 wrote:
Knifeguy, I would like to know which Aliexpress dealer ripped you off. I placed an order and I am hoping it is not the same dealer. I have heard many horror stories from those Chinese sites.
Aaron
cardoso5fr wrote:The pivot are too skinny and tooo long..... You need to file them for the size and to put some washer more for the over bladeplay.... For the skinny part, nothing to do...... They are really not bright clone... The nickel plating, take a dark patern with the time.....
wazu013 wrote:Here's an interesting link. It's the FU42 handles with a spring latch. I would imagine it's the way they looked befor the cam latch was added. It kind of proves where they came from
http://www.knifezilla.com/catalog/Exile ... atch.shtml
A lot of crazies from Jerzee Devil. They seem to make it their life mission to pour nonstop hatred towards anything that looks like BM.BTB0923 wrote:Yes, I've seen the video PVK posted on youtube. They had to disable the comments because they were getting barraged with hatejimbeam wrote:BTB if you do a google search you will find many of the mainstream knife dealers are selling the fu42 and on one ( pvk I believe ) they have made this statement:
THE FU42 IS NOT A COPY OF THE BENCHMADE BM42 IT IS IT'S OWN CREATION WITH ITS OWN LATCH DEVICE MAKING IT UNIQUE BUT THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDED TO DIRECTLY COMPETE AGAINST BENCHMADE KNIFE COMPANY WITH A LOW COST AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT.
They can say it's not a copy of a BM42 all they want to, but it clearly is. The only difference I can tell is the latch, which is a nice feature btw. I don't think anybody has done a balisong latch like that before.
Seems unethical to me. "Assembled in USA", ok...but "made in USA", not so much.jimbeam wrote:According to the websites selling these knives they are made in the USA in Denver. CO.
BTW apparently the 'FU' is a direct slam at BM. Must really piss them off. Also BTW the word on the internet is that Benchmade as well as other large knife companies are having parts for their lower end knives made in China and ASSEMBLED in the US therefore enabling them to claim Made in USA. It's all perfectly legal.
I think he is good. This is mostly American and a lot of the parts are original.BTB0923 wrote:They've sued him and won before, just last year actually...dark2023 wrote:Also, benchmade might try to sue, they've tried to sue boker over stupid stuff before.
http://www.benchmade.com/news/pr.aspx?id=247
Either he didn't learn his lesson the first time, or he's ensured that somehow these Exiled knives haven't broken any patent laws.
I read the threads on Jerzeedevil and for the most part they didn't seem all that crazy to me. The FU42 knives are made at least partially of Chinese parts, but are labeled "made in USA". I don't have any personal problem with JB at RSI, but I can't say I that I completely agree with the way he marketed the FU42. If (emphasis on the if) I was interested in buying a BM42 clone, I'd just buy one of the $30 ones that still have the spring latch. Why spend the extra 100+ bucks on an FU42?HumanEvolution wrote:A lot of crazies from Jerzee Devil. They seem to make it their life mission to pour nonstop hatred towards anything that looks like BM.
