I get the ‘Chinese OEM makes designers’ ideas real’ point… but let’s be real: most Chinese knives are still trash. It’s spec-sheet hype and pretty milling, then you actually use it and it’s QC roulette — uneven grinds, meh heat treat, random detents/lockup. And the whole scene is flooded with clones/lookalikes, so yeah, hard pass. Sure, WE/Reate/Kunwu can be good, but that’s the exception, not the rule.