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The Chinese vendors sell counterfeits of many products and they tended to be substandard. Today, quality of the various counterfeit products vary widely, and though same may seem well made, the quality control varies. There are cultural differences between the US and China and the concept of intelle...

The Tenacious fakes I have seen are more obvious when looking inside. The liners have differed and they used plastic washers. You may need a known original to really compare. Of course, changes change within models over time too.

I'm in. Thanks for the gesture. When I was growing up, the adults in my family and home town were mostly World War 2 veterans and I held them all in high esteem. They served in all the services and around the world. For me, it is that generation many others and I came to know as the Greatest Generat...

Last year, I got one at Massdrop. They called it Dark Earth. Recently, it returned at the higher price.

My Massdrop blue box was the Native 5 Lightweight in S110V and I have no complaints.

I am fine with some, but my index finger won't even slightly depress the the lock release on my Endura 4.

People mess up the picture posting all the time. This user seems to have exceeded the free account limits and photobucket wants money for the higher usage. The user only needs to cough up $399.99 a year and the pictures will show.

It is really disturbing to see this fakes showing up on Amazon with greater frequency. This listing would not fool me, but I suppose others would be. The fakes exist for many products including medication and medical devices. I expect this will continue to be a problem.

I am flexible on color choices and I often find Enduras in the mid to upper $50 range. I have not tracked changes over time, but there are times I wait for the better price, which the Map can complicate.

It is much easier when you have a known real one for comparison. The G10 on the real PM2 has more traction than the fakes I have held. The fakes seem heavier and the plunge grind seems less crisp. The pocket clip Spyderco logo is positioned higher on fakes I have seen. The fake blade sharpens and st...

Looks like a 7 series Ganzo

The first thing about the fakes is that the quality varies as does the indicators. With the Enduras, you may notice the face may have less grippy bi-directional scales, but that is more obvious if you have a real one next to the fake. Occasionally, the blade stock may be different from the stock mea...

I know.. it is an old thread. I have a Byrd Cara Cara 2 G10 and it is a very well made knife. My only complaint is that it had grit and crime in the pivot area and the washers were not in great shape. I also found some minor rust on the back spacer that holds the lock spring. With some cleaning, pol...