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Offline LLPete

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GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
on: November 18, 2013, 04:37:45 AM
I was looking for a Gerber Grappler on E-Bay or Amazon when i came across this posting on Amazon.  The three photos on top show the logo of GRAPPLER. The bottom three photos clearly show the logo GRAPHLER.  Is this for real???  I emailed Gerber about it.  I am beginning to think Gerber may be one of the most pirated/ripped off multitool brands out there.

http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-Blades-31-000333-MULTI-TOOL-MULTI-PLIER/dp/B002RIOJOQ/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384743259&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=gerber+grafler

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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #1 on: November 18, 2013, 04:39:30 AM
Good eye. Not sure why it is misspelled though. Obviously one of them is a fake. I believe it is the one spelled GRAPHLER. Let me do some quick research.





EDIT: Just checked and as I thought the correct spelling is GRAPPLER.
« Last Edit: November 18, 2013, 04:41:46 AM by captain spaulding »
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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #2 on: November 18, 2013, 03:33:39 PM
Here are pictures from the Amazon listing mentioned above. (I hope these pictures come through because the preview did not show them and I am new to this.)
Edit note:
Now the pictures are too small to see the logo clearly.  Rats!
Edit note 2:
Okay, you can expand them to see the logos clearly, but my photograph posting effort is nearly not so elegant as others I have seen on this site.  I will work on getting it right.

« Last Edit: November 18, 2013, 03:48:04 PM by LLPete »

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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #3 on: November 18, 2013, 06:52:53 PM
I'd say you did a pretty good job there  :tu:

When I'm posting a picture, if it's one I'm hosting on the forum I resize it to 800*600 or 640*480, attach it to the post then go back and edit the post using the link from the picture in
Code: [Select]
[img][/img] tags. That way the forum's hosting it (a good thing) and you have a viewable picture in the thread (a good thing) that isn't *HUGE* (also a good thing).

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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #4 on: November 18, 2013, 07:27:12 PM
How very odd. :think:  They look a heck of a lot like Gerber's own style of picture.  Some early promo shots perhaps?  Or a typo on a prototype?  No idea really. :shrug:

Good spot though. :tu:
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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #5 on: November 18, 2013, 07:51:52 PM
Is it just me or do those look like 3D render images?  ???
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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #6 on: November 18, 2013, 08:23:01 PM
Quote from: Aleph78 on November 18, 2013, 07:51:52 PM
Is it just me or do those look like 3D render images?  ???
Could be, certainly look to be 'cleaned up' at the very least.
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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #7 on: November 18, 2013, 08:29:40 PM
Quote from: Gareth on November 18, 2013, 08:23:01 PM
Quote from: Aleph78 on November 18, 2013, 07:51:52 PM
Is it just me or do those look like 3D render images?  ???
Could be, certainly look to be 'cleaned up' at the very least.

Would kinda make sense with the "Graphler"... 3D Graphics and all :shrug:
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Re: GERBER GRAPPLER or GRAPHLER
Reply #8 on: November 18, 2013, 11:26:17 PM
The reviews do not say that what they got is fake.
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