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Originally Posted by The Reaper
http://chrisreeve.com/#Pacific
Why don't you ask him if he has seen this, and why the Taylor knife is using so much of another designer's intellectual property?
Their conduct and theft of intellectual property is reprehensible, even if it is not technically illegal.
Frankly, the fact that the CRK Pacific is made in the USA and the Taylor is from Taiwan is a pretty big clue to me.
Count me in on the boycott, and let's get that word out to every military website out there. Maybe a hit to the wallet will change their minds.
TR
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TR and the rest that have commented,
I only asked about the patent to see if that was a possible legal avenue that Mr. Harsey and Mr. Reeve could undertake. I agree that it is pretty low down and shameful to take another person's or company's design and throw your big logo on it and call it "your own". I certainly am a fan of Mr. Harsey and Mr. Reeve's edged weapons (which I found out about from this site), and their support of our Special Forces soldiers. I'm sure that I can do little to affect Shrade's business and manufacturing process, but I am going to voice my disapproval to them and to my friend that works there in a fairly high position in the company. I have some of their old line that was US made, but I don't support copying something that was designed by another and passing it off as your "own design". The fact that it is made in China/Taiwan doesn't bother me nearly as much as the fact that intellectual and artistic property was stolen. I, like the rest of you , would love to buy only American made items, but we know that's not always possible. One voice can become many, and I agree that we should boycott the company for what has transpired.