Well, Ziki has been making tables for more than 60 years, longer than many "better" European brands, so I guess appearances (low end knockoff) may be deceiving. They and Platin use marble rather than slate, but that is the biggest difference from European tables. They use steel frames and quite good woodwork. Their labor costs are a fraction of European costs, and international tournaments among the world's elite players play on them regularly. I was seriously considering getting one but transportation costs were almost 50% above table cost -- still would have been around $5000 delivered. I decided to keep the table I built several years ago, plays just fine for this old guy.