I am new to being taken so I would assume it was a counterfeit since I felt it was made better but Spyderco referred to it as a Chinese knock off. was hoping the seller relisted it at $50 like he did with the other ones and does not show the box in photos or use the Spyderco name in the listing. lol
here's the funny part of the whole story. the knife I ended up buying was the first knife that I bid on and lost out. $125
The winner did not like the feel of it compared to his other Spyderco's and re listed it on ebay. I ended up finding out when he sent me the listing from the person he...
here is the real
Note the beveled area on the liner lick and note the liners and scales are thicker on the fake. This is the real also the thumb scales on the fake are way more pronounced than the real
Box swoosh has the white edge and gradient and fake looks almost solid black. Foam on real...
Yes other than the steel probably being inferior and not as sharp as Factory it felt better in the hand and had thicker liners giving it a beefier feel
on EBay. Go figure. I could tell from that when I unboxed it that something just didn’t seem right starting from the box and the fact that it weighed more than what was published. so long story shorter, got in touch with Spyderco sent some pictures, confirmed it was a counterfeit, filed a...