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Cheap, yet quality Chinese knives-Part I(Sanrenmu GB8-707 and 710)

Well this is going to be the first part of an ongoing series discussing cheap, yet surprisingly good quality knives coming out of China.  I was recently turned onto some inexpensive brands of Chinese pocket knives through the forums.  The brands that were mentioned are Enlan , which also makes the brand Bee, and a company called Sanrenmu , who apparently make knives for some of the larger American knife companies, such as Spyderco, Buck and Gerber.  Other companies mentioned are Navy and Ganzo. Well curiosity got the better of me and the price point was right($9-18), so I found a bunch of them on a Chinese website called Exduct.com .  I ordered a mix of Sanrenmu, Enlan, Ganzo and Navy knives and the wait was on.  After waiting about two weeks the first one arrived at my door.  It was a Sanrenmu GB8-707 , which apparently is exactly the same as the CRKT Drifter .  It cost about $9 shipped, which is incredible as the CRKT branded one is about double th...