Lil' Temp Knockoff

[The CoPilot]

Ran across this for sale on Craigslist. Could be by the same folks who are making a Rookie-clone.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/spo/1209237109.html

[David Lowry]

Wow. That's a real shame because that knock off looks pretty spot on.

I hate that kind of stuff.

[Jay_Ev]

In all fairness, the guy isn't trying to pass it off as a genuine, authentic Spyderco. On a side note, I do kinda like the Lil Temp in black pants :)

[spyderHS08]

It does suck that people do this but at least the guy is fair, stating its not a real spyderco. And ill agree it would be cool if there was a production lil temp in black..

[Slick]

Wow. That's a real shame because that knock off looks pretty spot on.

I hate that kind of stuff.

My god that looks close. How is it possible to recreate a Lil'Temp clone at that price? Even offshored it should cost more than that. I wonder what the country of origin is.

Maybe it is being produced with slave labor within a foreign prison system. I will try and buy my Spyderco's with less guilt as to their MSRP. Free trade and intellectual property/patents/trademarks etc...

[dialex]

OMG, if it wasn't for the "Navy" on the blade, I might easily believe it's a black G-10 special run I wasn't aware of... :mad: I even almost forgot the original has nested liners... :rolleyes:

[Rob]

Seems they are sold on eBay too at the moment. I found them while looking for something else: Fake Lil' Temp (http://cgi.ebay.at/TACTICAL-POCKET-FOLDING-LOCK-BLADE-flat-ground-knives_W0QQitemZ180316948096QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_ DefaultDomain_0?hash=item29fbba4680&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A30) and Fake Rookie (http://cgi.ebay.at/NEW-STAINLESS-POCKET-FOLDING-LOCK-BLADE-NAVY-knives-631_W0QQitemZ170302662659QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item27a6d46803&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|301%3A1|293%3A2|294%3A30) It also seems that Spyderco is not the only victim. When you look at the guy's other auctions: Fake Emerson (http://cgi.ebay.at/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170343194885), Fake BM (http://cgi.ebay.at/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180367554586) and judging from the price a Fake Blade Tech (http://cgi.ebay.at/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180367958329) is also sold.

At least none of them states that it really is a Spyderco, Emerson, etc. but ripping off the designs 1:1 is IMO blatant enough. :mad:

Cheers, Rob

[amen74]

This one is really pushing the envelope for real douchebaggery.
Where is that "thumbs down" smilie?;)

[Bluntrauma]

Looks like the same one as this one from the description. Close clone my a#%.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/spo/1219071975.html