There's a well known saying:
"If an offer seems to good to be true, it probably is."
Are "cheap" or atleast "cheap-er than retail outlet" iwata airbrushes on Ebay from China and Thailand etc just cheap knock offs?
I picked one up and the engineering is superb, threads are all precise, (not the normal chinese made, strange thread which sort of vaugely wobbles prior to crossthreading) finish is beautiful, chrome plating all looks good. Box, packaging and finish all seems to be as per iwata pictured from retail sellers. The threads all mated with my airbrush hoses with no leaks or mishap. I've seen a lot of cheap tools made in china etc and there's allways doubts over it's finish and material use etc. These do seem to be the real thing tho.
I just can't see one knocking off copies and going to the expense of making custom injection mouldings for cases etc.
I've heard other sellers saying things like "avoid these like the plague" but perhaps a little naive, if one was knocking off such nicely made copies, it would make sense to just sell as chinese made quality models as a quality item as they appear to be very finely made and great quality in their own right.
"If an offer seems to good to be true, it probably is."
Are "cheap" or atleast "cheap-er than retail outlet" iwata airbrushes on Ebay from China and Thailand etc just cheap knock offs?
I picked one up and the engineering is superb, threads are all precise, (not the normal chinese made, strange thread which sort of vaugely wobbles prior to crossthreading) finish is beautiful, chrome plating all looks good. Box, packaging and finish all seems to be as per iwata pictured from retail sellers. The threads all mated with my airbrush hoses with no leaks or mishap. I've seen a lot of cheap tools made in china etc and there's allways doubts over it's finish and material use etc. These do seem to be the real thing tho.
I just can't see one knocking off copies and going to the expense of making custom injection mouldings for cases etc.
I've heard other sellers saying things like "avoid these like the plague" but perhaps a little naive, if one was knocking off such nicely made copies, it would make sense to just sell as chinese made quality models as a quality item as they appear to be very finely made and great quality in their own right.
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