I just want to put out a warning when buying knives on eBay of other auction sites. We have noticed a couple sellers that are selling counterfeit SOG knives. This is especially true if the knife is shipping China. If a knife price looks too good to be true it most likely is.
So, if you have knife that you are looking at and are unsure of it's authenticity please feel free to contact us and we will let you know if it appears to counterfeit or not.
Be careful out there.
What is the quage of "too good to be true"?. Most of the Buy it Now Distrib utors seem to be able to sell your products for near half of suggested retail New in Box.
Mark S.
As an example selling a SOG knife or what looks like a SOG for $9.99 from China. That should be a good tip off..
Hi,
Wow! Quick response.
Coincidentally I was looking at ebay just a minute ago and came up with this one:
230116776245 ebay auction number.
If you look in his other items list he has a Flash II I think.
Thanks, Mark Sandretto
Here is another one. ebay url#:
<em>eBay listing removed by admin </em>
This guy has sold thousands of items with a 99% + rating, but all the stuff seems to be the kind of hardware store item that a shoplifter can nab easily even in the summer in light clothes. I've been kind of fascinated by these type sites and refer to them as Shylock (after the Dicken's character) sites.
It's almost like someone has taken the fence concept and made it centralized for crackheads.
Is there a place to look for a list of SOG deadlers that can be refered to for ebay use?
Mark Sandretto
Hi,
In referrence too:
<em>Ebay listing removed by admin</em>
I'm sorry about wasting your time, but I noticed that the shipping from this fine ebayer is about $20 in the fine print so he's getting close to 26.50 for the knife without any competitive bidding. Assuming $2.50 postage.
It's not a bad price, so please take a look and see if it is real as far as you can tell. I want to get a good knife for every day of the year, but can't spend too much, because I am in the trail horse business. Horse hoofs, gritty tack and ranch work is not the place for collector's items. Oh yeah, they get lost, also.
Mark
Mark
Thanks for checking in with us about the authenticity of some knives listed on eBay. I have gone through and removed the link the items you had found. I did this because I do not want to drive any traffic there way from the SOG website. Especially the first link that you posted. I hope that you understand. Also, it looks like the listing have been removed for some reason. If you have questions in the future please email us using the <a href="http://www.sogknives.com/contact/email.php" rel="nofollow">contact forms</a>.
Thanks
I've often wondered what recourse manufacturers have against knock-off sellers. I understand the basics of patent law, but when a Chinese eBayer is involved, that country doesn't exactly have a sterling track record of protecting intellectual property.
Regardless, those of us who collect and enjoy quality knives won't be taken in by the fakes. Over on knifeforums, there are enough 'experts' to reveal these criminal sellers for what they are.
I bought a flash 2 from this guy and believed it to be real as it was sold in the US but after closer comparison on the SOG website and this guys product pics found out that it's a fake and the knife dosn't even exist with that configuration from SOG.
Yes, this is a big problem and if you are unsure about something feel free to check with us about authenticity.
Did you look at the product listed in the auction to see if it was counder
feit or not ?
Take a look at this link. Craigslister is stating these are the Flash Tanto? What can you tell me?
There's no link.
I have noticed different variations of the SOG logo on some knives on the Walmart.com website. Do you have a standard logo or are the different fonts/spacing of the lettering knife specific? If there is a standard logo and to rule out confusion of what is authentic or not, will you please attach a picture of it? Thank you for your time.
With Walmart, their SOG stuff is likely legit. You can see our current logo on our website. Our previous logo, which still appears on many products in stores, can be seen here: https://www.thepreppersvault.com/media/wysiwyg/images/282418_110720082140_SOG_Logo_black3.jpg
http://www.onestopknifeshop.com/store/media/sog/sog-logo.gif
I won a "SOG Flash Tanto" from e-bay for $8.88, free shipping. It did come from China and took 5 weeks to arrive.
It was definitely not a SOG. I have several SOG knives, and they are well made, high quality, sharp knives.
The e-bay SOG was OK for a cheap Chinese knife, but in a whole different class than most quality knife brands. The riveting job was poor. It is called "Tanto", and did not have a "Tanto" style blade.
Task one was to open a Fed-Ex Box. No problem for most knives. The e-bay knife had troubles cutting through the tape.
The design of the knife does not fit my hand well. I guess this will end up in the box with my other Junk knives... Oh Well, $8.88 down the drain.
I do not think I will trust my life with this knife.
Brian,
We wouldn't use that knife either. Unfortunately, there's only so much we can do to counterfeit knives.