BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Alright fellas I've been doing as much research as I could before I posted anything.. but since the Roman Made topics on quality have been coming up ill post what I got.. There is a dude..Makes knockoff Romans.. the "company" is called RockMade.. Now to preface this..i don't care to much if you want to make a bait that looks similar to a Roman or any other bait as long as you aren't molding a direct or whatever..that's hacky as straight up stealing..I've seen pics (attached) of this dudes hand carvings..ok.. he hand carves all his baits.. they are direct measurements and patterns of Romans.. Again that's a lot of work to copy.. on some baits he writes RockMade in the same location.. however he has been known to write Roman Made as well..his alumni wrap jobs are top notch.. he is a quality forger A word of warning..the alumni and rewraps are harder to tell a fake..they don't look quite the same next to an original but from an internet pic you can definitely get f'd He even copies factory paint jobs but that's where the big difference is..if you're familiar with Romans you can tell immediately Three silencers are typically the cabinet door bumpers.. the lips on tricks are similar to the original square lexan not the new style tapered ones.. a few lips may be original parts but the one I have is a home job.. it's very rough but has the Roman etched logo I have confirmed with a few people but have received 2 names.. one copies hinkles too evans_usmc69, waynem, IsaacM619 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Fakes on fakes Primus, basskickinrednick, 1234567 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Everything you see is RockMade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony91723 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 wow, what a shame. where can I get one lol! in all seriousness I'd be pissed if I paid top dollar for a knockoff bait. too bad crap like this is out there in this world. Sometimes its best to get direct from bait makers unless you really know who you're buying from. Darth Baiter, waynem and BASS_SWINGER 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS_SWINGER Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Good info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominioncaster Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Wow! Some of those would fool me. That sucks. Those hinkles look like copies of fake hinkles (abt). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominioncaster Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Is Roman Made USA aware? I would think they would take some sort of legal action to try to stop this. Abt being copy cats is one thing, this guy is writing roman made on them. BigSlant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Is Roman Made USA aware? I would think they would take some sort of legal action to try to stop this. Abt being copy cats is one thing, this guy is writing roman made on them. Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Roman and Hinkle already told Nol to stop jakevlastnik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) Thx Don.. the bait I recently received was done by this Mullen Cross dude.. he is Rockmade Edited May 17, 2017 by BigSlant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 do you have a link to the Rock Made insta? the m.cross account only shows some dude that lifts weights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 do you have a link to the Rock Made insta? the m.cross account only shows some dude that lifts weights It's all been deleted and changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 I know that Nol is here on SU because he gave me a few old soft baits when I first started off...maybe he has something to say about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) These posts are older..i don't know if it's still going on but there are a lot out there I can't get this vid to play https://www.instagram.com/p/6rCj7gG66V/ Baits are marketed as repaints or rewraps.. Edited May 17, 2017 by BigSlant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blckshirt98 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 The alumni looks pretty good to be honest, but yeah knockoffs/copycats happen all the time in pretty much every industry. it's the deceptive labeling to get a premium price that's the dirty tactic and has no place anywhere. BigSlant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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