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Wojo 
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 Topic: My Korbel: Japanese of Chinese???Posted: 09/16/2007 at 3:55pm |
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All signs point to Japanese but i just wanted to check with the experts here. I bought it from Iruiru. Everything looks OK except the small metal badge on the handle looks nothing like some of the Japanese or Chinese badges that have been posted, thank you:
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mcping
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 4:16pm |
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its japanese and those are the new badges they will be putting on i had it on my michael maze.
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IceDefence
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 4:19pm |
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At least I dunno. Does it matter in fact whether it is Japanese or Chinese
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Wojo
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 5:41pm |
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Thank you mcping much appreciated.
IceDefence - I guess it wouldnt really matter in my case since im an intermediate player. Its nice to know that its a quality Japanese blade as opposed to an inferior Chinese product. |
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GenomicsKnight
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 5:55pm |
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As mcping pointed out the silver metal badge is the new badge. I have it on my Keyshot Light. Someone posted pictures of the Chinese version Korbel here. I think it had an oval plastic badge instead.
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tiehwen
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 6:25pm |
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GK was right, in fact u guys r all right. I think that silverish metal/plastic badge is the latest th'n just as the ones on MMaze, KSL...I saw a latest Korbel w/Serial # n this silver plastic thingy, looks genuine n also a ST handled 1, beautiful handle, nicer n narroewer than Stiga's, made me wanna own 1 again...but just not justified to do that... Btw, this MAY make the original metal-tagged PKorbel worth keeping or may be even collectible few yrs down the road....
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mece
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 9:26pm |
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is that badge metal or plastic? what's the weight ?
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GenomicsKnight
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Posted: 09/16/2007 at 9:41pm |
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It appears to be plastic. My giant magnet doesn't stick to it.
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bbkon
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Posted: 09/17/2007 at 2:38pm |
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Once me and a bty dealer spotted a primopowefeeling blade and he found the plastic lens was defective and he said "this was made in china.." what a jerk
in other hand i once saw a chinese real blade and its edges was so rough it looked like cut with a knife by a kid and the blade was bought in japan
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Stavros
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Posted: 09/18/2007 at 6:13am |
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Butterfly blades with serial number are made in Japan, as far as I know.
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Brainstorm69
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Posted: 09/18/2007 at 8:43am |
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If it says "Made in Japan" on it, it is made in Japan unless it's counterfeit. I don't think that Butterfly would take the chance of mismarking it, since it is generally against the law to misstate the country of origin.
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master-pong
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Posted: 09/18/2007 at 10:25am |
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Boy, It doesn't get any Japanese-er ...
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DayaPrima
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Posted: 09/18/2007 at 10:46am |
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this is japanese genuine
BTY launched this new model of badges along with the serial number |
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penguin
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Posted: 09/18/2007 at 8:23pm |
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1st generation: no serial + old metal pin badge, the best in my view.
2nd generation: serial + old metal pin badge. 3rd generation: serial + silver square badge. A lot of the Butterfly blades are made in China and still have all the fancy serial numbers and badging. SA-01 Primo Vitesse Firehand HS-7 HS-5 Primo 2000 Entire VSG range I've found personally that I like the older generations much better than the current ones. One very obvious model is the Primorac Carbon. The old one is lighter, softer and has a smaller handle. The current generation PC has a huge handle and the wood is a lot harder and denser which makes it heavier |
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GenomicsKnight
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Posted: 09/18/2007 at 10:12pm |
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Somewhere in there there is a 1.5 or 2.5 generation that has no serial + silver badge... My Keyshot Light doesn't have a serial number and it comes with the silver badge.
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Posted: 09/19/2007 at 4:48am |
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@GenomicsKnight: How is Keyshot Light in term of speed, feel and control? Last time I checked a Japanese catalog, it is described as softer and a bit slower compared to Korbel. Thanks a lot. |
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master-pong
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Posted: 09/19/2007 at 6:12am |
It's indeed quite a bit slower, it's also softer. But the thing that irritated me the most about that blade was the feel. Compared to the Korbel (or any other all-wood blade for that matter) it's dead. |
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Posted: 09/19/2007 at 10:52am |
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Second what master-pong said.
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Posted: 09/22/2007 at 3:31am |
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::HIGH FIVE!:: i got the korbel from iruiru too and it has the same metal badge with serial number. great blade! |
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Posted: 09/22/2007 at 11:18am |
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i have multiple blades that have this tag. i think its what butterfly is putting on allt he new blades.
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