You knew it just had to be a matter of time before the Chinese came up with a knock off. How soon until they make an X27 copy? Would you trust a Chinese clone axe?
Hopefully they make one soon! I still use an old old School maul, too cheap to spend $50 on a friskars. Heck yeah I'd trust it. Heck yeah I'd try one too.
I am a sucker for Chinese knockoffs. But I am getting a little tired of them, I have had a few not work out so well. Especially electronics. Frankly, I am glad the Fiskars hadn't been copied yet when I bought mine, so I could avoid the temptation.
Alot of it is hit or miss. It's hard finding a good axe that will hold an edge(much less a maul), the junk sold at Ace lows or HD all suck and all cost almost as much as an x27. I'm tired of buying crap tools at high prices I'd rather pay a junk price and get junk
Sometimes the knockoff is made by the original manufacturer like the Gerber version says made in Finland. This may be made by fiskars as well. Just different letters and design on the handle. ?
Man I seen one of those the other day at wally world, might as well spend the extra a get the real deal.