Amazon Is Selling FAKE Gerber Strongarm Knives, Don't Get Ripped OFF
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- I was disappointed to find out the Gerber Strongarm knife I bought off Amazon during prime day was an absolute fake! In this video, I'll show you what to look out for so you don't get ripped off.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
00:13 - Packaging
01:18 - Sheath
02:58 - The Knives
03:38 - The Devil Is In The Details
04:09 - The Price
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Thank you for the heads up man! I also got suckered into the 50% off deal. Sending mine back for a refund. Once I get my $ back, I plan on updating my seller review with a vengeance.
No problem. Sorry to hear that. Wish Amazon would do something about it.
In July I bought one of the fakes for $52 after buying a real one for $82 from a reputable dealer. I got a bad feeling when I opened the small box with bubble wrap and poor quality info sheet. I wouldn’t have realized it was fake if I’d not recently bought the real one. I tried to put the review with comparison pictures on Amazon … nothing bad in my wording … but Amazon rejected my review saying it didn’t meet ‘community standards’.
That’s disappointing. That’s why I made this video. Spread the word. Cheers!
Well the Amazon community is the cheap Chinese knock offs.
Always return fakes. Maybe Amazon can be sued for selling frauds. Btw I stopped buying from them years ago.
I was also ripped off. I'm sending mine back for a refund right now. It's a shame that Amazon allows such a scheme to go on.
Sorry to hear that. I’m glad you were able to confirm though.
It is surely a knockoff. I also have an authentic one I bought a few years ago. It is much heavier than the fake one.@@tomwadek
Allows it to go on? They're running it.😄
Amazon is not only selling fake strongarms but also is blocking reviews mentioning this.
Wow!
I got mine 2 days ago for $43 or so. Thought it was weird as it is being so cheap but when it came in the packaging looked awfully cheap and decided to look it up. Thank you for this video!
The telltale signs for me were the blade dimensioning that you mentioned and the typo on the box (it said PORTLAMB)
Wow, PORTLAMB. Holy Molly. Spread the word and hopefully Amazon will do something
I have a local hardware store that price matches Amazon prices, can't wait to go buy a real one for 44 bucks
My fake said Portlamd 😂.
but I'm mad so back it goes and I am done with Gerber....
Why do people buy them for so much money?! 😂 i ordered also one for 13 Bucks. yeah 13! I've never would've bought it for 43$ 😂
I bought the fake on purpose knowing it was fake. Everything about it is spot on to the real one in appearance and I do mean spot on. I’ve batoned, beat it up, pried with the point, the complete hard usage knife stuff while keeping a decent edge. Why would I spend 3 times the money for a a knife of complete functionality. Knife snobs can gloat on how much they paid as I gloat on how much I didn’t.
I ordered a buck knife that I knew was fake just to see the difference. So far the four deer I cut up haven't noticed it. Was a fixed blade knife though
I got my fake gerber from Temu 16 bucks I love it and I use my knives hard
Thanks for the review gonna pick it up asap 😊
I have both and can’t tell the difference except I paid $22 for the supposed fake and $80 for the real.
Yep, 20 bucks on AliEx is hardly being ripped off.
I’m not a advocate of buying Chinese products, but owning a couple cold steel knives, I have to admit that Chinese steel is comparable to 440 , if you are looking for a budget knife that will work , but there are many other choices
WOW! Great video. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
You can also see clearly how the injection molding for the handle on the fake knife was poorly done (especially on that black piece). Thank you for the helpful video, once again 👍
Yeah, unfortunately if you don’t have a real one to compare side by side, most folks wouldn’t know what it’s suppose to look like. Thanks for watching!
Great comparison! I have already provided a link to it to many poor people who bought a fake thinking it was the original (including on Amazon).
I hope amazon fixed this. I just bought one today from there. It was the 80 one. Thanks for letting me know what to look out for
I bought a fake one off an add on Facebook. It was 35 bucks including shipping. The old saying, if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. First sign of a fake was how poorly the sheath holds the knife. The fake one doesn’t hold it at all. The real one clicks in and holds the great. Thanks for the vid. Well done.
Glad you liked it. Spread the word, cheers
Thanks for the video. I paid 75 dollars for one off Amazon and it was the knock off with broken buttons out of the box. Definitely sending it back, i might not use amazon anymore
Thanks, im looking for a new knife and was considering gerber strong arm .
I bought one from Amazon (Gerber store) as well. The straps on the fake were light-weight vs. the real Strongarm. There were heavy grind marks on the blade that were not polished away. It looked like someone took a rough grinder to it and then coated it. The real Strongarm was properly polished and no grind marks on the blade. The fit and finish just wasn't there. I returned mine as well. Good video.
Sorry to hear. Glad you got a real one
How many fake Gerbers can buy a multimillion dollar yacht.. 😂 Thank you Tom.
Not if I have anything to do with it lol! Thanks for watching
@@tomwadek I avoid Amazon like the plague. The truth is they know they are selling fakes but won’t do anything about it.
Thanks for this. I was just looking at this on Amazon and thought the price was too good to be true. Didn’t order and won’t for sure now.
Glad I could help!
I got one from EBay. The first clue was on the box for me as well- mine was allegedly made in PortlaMd Oregon
I just got one off Amazon and it is a real one for $90.
I did see a bunch on eBay for $32, $29, etc, and pretty much knew those would be fake ones.
I got my Strongarm in 2017. It's authentic. But, a few details have changed since then. Very small ones. The "Gerber" on the scabbard is matte, no shine. The biggest difference? Price. I paid $51 for it then!
Man shit like this is the reason I only order gear straight from the manufacturer's website anymore. There's almost no such thing as a good deal anymore, so I just pay retail price to make sure I'm getting exactly what I expect.
If it's a good quality knife 🔪 I don't care! Everything today is grossly overpriced. Apparently, Amazon is selling it at the original price when it was introduced. Same price as the Prodigy model I bought years ago. Definitely going to get Amazon product!
I paid a bit for mine,but it was only cause they only made a limited run of there bdz-1 steel an a guy had one he wanted to sell an I wanted it,I'm not regretting my purchase but I do want a coyote tan one before price keeps going up ,I love how strong this little knife is,that's what got me back to loving Gerber knives was seeing what the strongarm could take an dish out
Hmm, I wonder which version cabelas is selling on their website as well.
Glad you surfaced this issue. Any info on where the fake Gerber(s) are made (do the sellers info provide a clue)? Assume that Gerber is made in USA? Circa '71- '72 had a Gerber Mk-I with a nice leather sheath circa 71'-'72. Absolutely beautiful steel, nice balance. Took a beating in the boonies and came out functionally 'as new.' Shame they're selling fakes.
The real one is in the USA and the fakes are China. All the scammers off of eBay and Amazon get their fakes from the same Chinese counterfeit manufacture. I think my dad had the Mk-I. Great knives. Glad you liked the video. Cheers
@@tomwadek Thanks, I suspected that, but was sure you'd done the research on fakes. I typo'd my knife, it was the Mk-II aka Mk2, a Vietnam era knife, not a Mk-I.
Fiskars china factory is making the fakes
I bought mine at Dicks Sporting Goods. Came in a clamshell package not a box. Have yet to buy a knife more than $30 off the internet and those usually used older knives
Good video. There's also fakes being sold on eBay for less than $40. Obviously not the real thing.
I got mine for $33. Yea fake! The worse part is the sheath has hardly any retention at all.
When the strongarm came out it was 65 bucks but it gonna up because of inflation I got all 3 colors of the lmf 2 for 100 bucks each today they go for for 120
Thank you, they got me too.
Sorry to hear that.
The packaging is a little different in mine because I bought in store fleet farm
I bought one off amazon for $38 and it never was shipped then got my money back guess I was lucky it never shipped
I bought mine off Ebay and mine matches every detail of the fake one. What should I do? I heard Gerber wants the knives, are they trying to do anything? I agree this in no way is Gerbers fault though.
Im sitting here looking at my real Strongarm and the fake I just got off Amazon...Damn. I also paid right at 40 bucks and the knockoff might be worth 40 bucks but I thought I was buying an original on sale. I didnt need it, I chose to buy it because of the "sale" ...Think I will send it back for a refund out of principal...
The fakes are terrible btw. My friend chip the blade cutting fire wood. All he was doing was shaving the wood and nothing more.
Walmart is also selling a counterfeit Strongarm. They did give me a refund with no questions asked, however, so there's that.
Holy moly, was that in store? 😮
It's impossible to know for sure that you're not buying a fake on Amazon when every one of the listing use the exact same stock photos. Never showing the actual item you're buying.
Thanks for the video. I bought mine from midway USA. Its 100% Real!!!
Good to hear!
I have a Strongarm that I bought when they came out, I shoved it in a drawer and only recently remembered I had it, so I took it out and started watching videos on them and decided to compare mine to see what details on my older, real one match up. For example, the serial number is 8 digits more like the one on your fake knife that has 7 but the font is correct, the “made in Portland” is in the correct location but the logo is lower on the other side in a similar spot as your fake one. Mine is sharp, the edge starts in the correct location and the snap is in the right location but the stitching isn’t an X pattern, it has the correct amount of overhang on the bottom at the back, also you can see that two snaps under the knife on the sheath are wrong on your fake, the real ones, both are bottom of the male side where the fakes have the underside of the male end on one and the top of the female end on the other. I don’t have the box anymore but back then I got several Gerbers, mostly from legit stores (some may have been from Amazon) and none of them came in a cardboard sleeve inside the box, some of them were plastic packaged (I believe this one was) for in store sales and the ones that came in a box were just loose in there. There are other details that make the fake obvious, you can see how sloppy the overmolding is on your fake, the real ones are clean. I think Gerber has made changes over the years, the fakers might even have some of this stuff correct from older iterations.
True. Things evolve over time. Thanks for sharing
That's the comment I was looking. Is the same here, I bought mine in 2017 and my knife has the same specifications that you told.
The only serious Gerber knife I own is LMF Black I got it Looooong time ago, I am not planning to buy it I have enough but if I was buying Strongarm I would buy from Cabelas (I live in Canada 🇨🇦) none of that fake BS..One example,Buck 110 has been copied over and over,I have Real deal and fake and difference is obvious..If you can,buy in person, I do have knives from Amazon and they are OK…Thanks for the Video ❤…
I just got one, unfortunately I didn't see this until after. My question is the fake one still a good knife?
there's more than one fake strongarm from China, the newer versions are much better. i would say for that price it's a really good knife
Bought one off Facebook ad for $28-sad to see i have a fake but not a bad knife for the price
Sorry to hear. It will make a beater.
I recently ordered 11 Strongarms of different colors and edge types from Amazon. Only 2 were real Gerber, the rest are fakes. I also ordered 2 Strongarms and one LMF II from MidwayUSA. All are real Gerber. Midway sells Strongarm for $80 ($72 after 10% discount) and the LMF II was $100-110.
Oh wow. That’s a lot of fakes. Thanks for sharing.
@@tomwadek I ordered about 2 knives at a time, each time from a different seller (including Amazon itself!). The first order came where one was real, and another was fake. This sparked my interest and after doing the research I confirmed which one was fake. I returned it for a refund. Then I ordered one which turned out to be real as well. So, the real ones were still out there. Maybe it was a fluke that I received one fake knife. So I placed 4 more orders (not at the same time) getting different colors and edge type (serrated and non-serrated) from 4 different vendors, including Amazon itself as a seller. Well, all 8 knives that came with the last 4 orders turned out to be FAKE, including the two that Amazon sold! I wrote review on Amazon warning people about the fake knives. I spoke with customer service several times informing them about the fake knives, including the ones sold by Amazon directly. I don't know if any of my feedback matters, probably not. But we should spread the words about these fake knives. I returned all the fakes because I just could not support counterfeit operations at the expense of a US-based company with their workers still making the real knives. If you want to get the real Gerber, take a look at MidwayUSA. I know I got 100% real Gerber with the 3 blades I just got from them. Their pricing is not bad either, especially if you catch them during sales and free shipping offer.
Bought one not to long ago and returned it
And what about us in Europe! Gerber website don’t make shipping to EU just in USA!
I imagine that most people who by the fake don’t know the difference and just assume all knives are crap.
yup, that's a great point.
On eBay also for $38
damn, thanks for this video warning, I just have one for $50 in my chart😮
Sorry to hear. Happy to help
Is the seller blue stingray selling the fakes . It’s listed under the gerber store but the seller name is blue stingray . ? The black one is $50 , the tan is $70 ish . I guess if it s fake I can send it back . I ll know right away with a skinny box
This would've helped me a week ago, I just bought one of these and it matches the fake
Sorry to hear. Return it. Amazon gives you 30 days
@@tomwadek I probably should
As soon as I took the b bubble wrap off the blade I knew it was not like my other ones from few years back. That's why I searched your video. Thanks for the help
@@ChrisvilleUSA no problem
These fakes are ALL OVER ebay too. Can’t even find a real one…lol
I know. So sad lol
@@tomwadek I saw an ad for Amazon and it said 60% of the merchandise on Amazon was sold by private sellers.
Nobody can prove Amazon is knowingly selling fake knives. What frequently happens is guys will order something, replace it with the fake, then send it back. Amazon warehouse employees dont know all that you know so they just put it back on the shelf and then the next guy gets a fake. Unless its something with a serial number AND they remember to track by serial number, no one will ever know for sure where it was swapped.
Not quite correct. Amazon has a lot of 3rd party sellers who knowingly sell fakes. It's very easy to be Amazon seller and Amazon is so big they can't control who sells genuine merchandise and who does not. The best way to avoid getting a fake is to stick with buying directly from Amazon and not their 3rd party sellers. People need to quit being stupid when they buy things on Amazon, ebay or where ever.
Lol. They know there selling fakes. The real ones are 90 bucks. The fakes are 50 bucks.
@@dougvuillemot8670 Amazon has millions of products, nobody there can memorize all the prices especially with them changing all the time. And what you stated is a relatively small price difference especially given the current economy.
I bought a Ladybug long before the recession. Went back and checked, the price has skyrocketed.
Also you completely missed my point. Amazon has no clue what a fake mass produced knife looks like compared to a real mass produced knife. Again, nobody there is an expert on much of anything, except maybe how to abuse the working class.
How is the durability of the fake one?
mine chipped with very light work on some wood
I wonder how many brands are fake when going through Amazon? I've bought quite a few "name brand" knives off of Amazon and I wonder if any of those are fakes. That's sad that everyone wants everything to be done online anymore and you never really know what you are getting but they sure take that money fast!
Watch your seller if it's questionable like knives don't buy unless it's directly from Amazon..Amazon doesn't sell fakes but 3rd party sellers definitely do just like eBay you need to do your homework on the sellers or most likely get ripped off..
@@jimyocum9556 thanks for the reply! I ordered a couple opinels and a crkt, I'm not sure if it was from Amazon or a third party. Gerber knives are not really that expensive so it's crazy to make fakes of those. I'll search my knives and see if there are fakes out there.
It’s scary but keep an eye on the seller and reach out to the company to see who is an authorized reseller
I noticed that many genuine strongarms have the same serial number on the blade : 07822 or 08723. I thought those serial numbers were unique, apparentely not
Interesting. I didn’t know that
If they have the same number across the line, could it be a part number, not a serial number?
I'm sure the fakers cheaped out on the steel used for the knife also.
Most definately
I notified amazon about a fake item I received a while back. Their response was to ban me from leaving reviews. No good deed goes unpunished.
I did too. The customer service rep basically brushed it off which is why I decided to make the video
This tells you Amazon knows the customer is getting ripped off and doesnt care
Did you use negative language when reporting?
@@sntmdsa3628 Nope. Said on the lines of" I believe ... and here is why ... ". Offered photo comparison ... It got pretty messed up in the end. Even to the point where the chat transcript was not available in my data dump with customer service. I was curious about that as well. Anyways water under the bridge. I make most of my purchases locally now or direct from sellers. Most price match Amazon Prime prices. Sure, I pay more in shipping but at least I'm treated like a person and not a money tree.
The only thing worse than getting a knockoff Gerber is getting a real Gerber.
That company has seriously gone downhill since I first bought one of their knives in the 1990s.
This has been going on for years now. Tells you all that you need to know about Amazon and fakes.
Still kinda pricey considering it's fake
I bought a limited edition Strongarm from Blade HQ. It vost the same as the regular Strongarm. Mine is OD green with a non coated blade. The metal on the blade looks amazing. It kinda looks like a million little pieces of metal fused together and it kinda looks like it sparkles. I don't know what the finish is called.
I hate blades with coatings on them because it smears and rubs off and it makes the knife look bad in my opinion.
Mine is real by the way. People that don't know about Blade HQ and their limited edition knives of all brands called my knife fake saying Gerber didn't make OD green Strongarms with non coated blades
Oh and mine came in a long skinny brown box. Totally different packaging from any of the one's in the vid. Just a brown box that said Gerber with the logo. Came with instructions and a Blade HQ bumper sticker
How is this Legal??
I have a real Gerber Strongarm but its also not sharp out of the box
Cant you sue amazon for that
Well hell! if the fake performs anything like the real one, for 45 bucks less whats wrong with grabbing a fake one? Wont they both do the same thing?
Dude i just ordered me a fake one for 13 bucks. 😂 can't get wrong with it. they also made a newer version, now it's really good quality and it doesn't say "Portlamb" on the Blade anymore 😂
@@benedikthassel 🤣🤣🤣
I bought an original one from amazon. I watched a lot of videos to be sure I got the real one and it turned out I really got it. GG
At least Amazon's 100k lumens flashlight costing 30 euros are legit!
I think Amazon its worse then Aliexpress.
I got 1 of ebay and it was cheaper and real from France
But what is the functional difference between the two knives? Does the fake use the same street? Is the fake put together as well as the original? The things you point out are really petty differences which, in the real world, mean nothing.
The blade is low quality. The fake chipped splitting some timber
That's what I was afraid of. That is outright fraud. So why isn't customs doing something about this; not letting them into the country?
Man i am so confused i bought mine about 8 years ago and some things look fake and aome legit hahaha
Did Amazon make it right?
Yeah, full refund and removed the seller but 5 more took his place. Still selling fakes.
@@tomwadek I wonder if one could buy a fake with the intention of getting a refund to hurt the scammers. Would be effective you think? They are @ $36 now. 😳
Those knockoffs are not bad knives I paid 20$ instead of 100$ believe me it will work just fine as a defense weapon
PLEASE KNIVE EXPERTS HELP i brought one of go outdoors a british website anyone know if its real or not THANKS
The question is does it do the job
Makes me not want to buy anything from Amazon.!!!!!
If it says "made in China", it's fake.
Damn I got got
We all did. Share this video and spread the word. I’m hoping if enough people know Amazon will do something
Lets be honest, Gerber is not exactly known for their quality. The fake one is probably on par with the real one.
Tom, sorry u got jacked. How about identifying the bunk seller?
Unfortunately, there are several. If you go down the list, any price that’s is suspicious, I suspect is fake. The seller I bought it from has already been removed but 5 “new sellers” have taken his place already.
Did i mention that the devil is in the details?
@@denniscoughlin7437 it really is
Seller is Camrun LLC. I got ripped too.
Stop buying from Amazon and start buying from reputable vendors.
I got one and sent it back … I now on a real one… what scum bag sellers and shame on Amazon!
You can buy 10 fake Gerber for the price of the genuine one... They are good gears: why should you pay 10 times more ? Same thing with the Green Thorn knives that are 15 times less expensive than the genuine russian ones... I own one, it's a great knife at the right price: 100$ instead of 1500$ !!!
They're still selling them,
The fake sellers just keep changing their user names unfortunately
Imagine paying 10 times more for a nearly the same thing.
Thankyou Ali Baba
Walmart sells this for 44.99$
check it out in store
Stolen designs are what you get when you offshore your production to save a $. Gerber deserves this.
Can you do a torture test on the fake one? Im planning to buy one for $6 and want to see if i can use it for cqb for stabbystabz
amazon is selling products from temu
ebay sellers selling fakes now got smart and sell Strongarms without the boxes. lol. Welcome to the internet shopping. People should have kept brick n mortar shops in business instead of running to the internet to save a buck or two! I never got anything fake when I bought at physical store.
Everyone gonna be shocked when a cheapo soft steel junker out lasts a gerber garbage brittle log of turd 😂
Well what do you want good grammar or good taste? If you’re old enough you will figure out what I’m saying.
It’s not them it’s the third party crooks.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A lot say the copy is a better knife with a less brittle blade. I have the fake and I can't fault it
😮😏🤷♂️
"I payed more for a more brittle, less forgiving knife ill immediately smack with a log..." looking forward to the next cry vid.
Thank you I almost bought a fake Gerber knife. The Chinese fake everything. I hope one day beautiful fake women then I'll buy :)
Glad I could help!
in the ali express fake strong arm is selling about 15$
i don't know why people here say they got ripped off.. when they bought a 99$ knife for 35$, no.. you just got what you've paid for
The strongarm is a wonderful knife made in America and known to take a beating. They wouldn’t fake it if it wasn’t so popular
ive watched 3 different videos on the fakes and the problem i see the serial # all 3 videos have the same # on the real knife 08723 maybe its a model # ??
You are correct. They do not have serial numbers
Amazon has become nothing more than a drop shipping hub for Chinese crap 😂 I ordered one on eBay for 40 🫣
LOL, your fake and mine have the same serial number 0871216(B/or 8) printed poorly
😂 oh geez!
It’s supposed to be a model number. They do not have a serial number. All the current coyote colored ones on the store shelf have the number 08723
When people talk about getting scammed on Amazon, it seems to happen when they buy from random sellers. Many manufacturers have legitimate stores on Amazon. I just bought this knife at full price from the official Gerber Amazon store and received a legit one. I have never received any counterfeit items from Amazon when going through an official store. Of course you won’t get an awesome price but at least you will (in my experience) receive the proper item.