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TazKristi wrote:Hi, motocoder:
Thank you, for sharing this with us. I've shared the info with our legal liaison.
Kristi

You're most welcome. I have a real Slysz Bowie (a used one) on the way. Should be here today or tomorrow :)

Thanks

I am trying to figure out the approximate age of the Delica in the attached photo. My recollection is that I purchased this when I was in graduate school, which would make it no older than 1990. I've tried to determine this myself by surfing various SpyderCo knife collector sites, doing web searches ...

Started a new thread on a Slysz Bowie fake:

//forum.spyderco.com/viewto ... =8&t=74062

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Forgot to post where this came from. The seller is on AliExpress, and is not claiming it is a Spyderco, but clearly based on the box the intent is for these to end up in some market being passed off to unsuspecting buyers as real.

Here is the listing:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/LDT-C186 ...

Counterfeit Slysz Bowie. Washers are brass instead of phosphor bronze. Backspacer is plastic instead of G10. Blade looks to be D2. No Spyderco lasermarks on the blade. Pivot screws are not inset completely and stick up above surface of scale. Cut in from base of blade to grind does not look as deep ...

Ok, thanks all. I agree with rybu0305 that a new product announcement mailing list from SpyderCo would be ideal.

I am very interested in a Para 3, but given how many knives I already own, I thought I would skip the stock Para 3 and wait for the first sprint run.

However, I've missed sprint runs before because I didn't find out about them until too late. Is there some mechanism to find out when Spyderco starts ...