Para 3 legit or clone?!

[cherna48]

I recently bought a Para 3 on Amazon. I am questioning it because I have come across a lot of issues with clones be posed as authentic knives on Amazon. I was wondering if anyone would be able to tell from just pictures.

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[JRinFL]

Welcome aboard!

I cannot get the pictures to enlarge, so I cannot be sure, but from what I can see it looks legit. Someone else with a S45VN Para3 should be able to compare and let you know.

[Kevinim82]

I have an S35VN para 3… looks very similar to your new S45VN steel para 3.

What concerns you that this is a fake?

[TkoK83Spy]

Curious why you would risk Amazon in the first place, if you already knew the risks!? MANY MANY MANY authorized Spyderco dealers out there.

[SG89]

Legit

[phaust]

Curious why you would risk Amazon in the first place, if you already knew the risks!? MANY MANY MANY authorized Spyderco dealers out there.

Unquestioned, free returns and better prices make it no lose and no risk when you can verify after it's in hand.
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From the pics, it looks like mine/legit.

[Accutron]

Counterfeit Para 3's just hit the market a few months ago, and they're all marked S30V...or S30VN (lol).

[cherna48]

The action is a little stickier than my paramilitary 2. This has made me paranoid and I have been searching the web, which has made it worse. lol

[SG89]

Counterfeit Para 3's just hit the market a few months ago, and they're all marked S30V...or S30VN (lol).

I can't see your pics

[James Y]

The action is a little stickier than my paramilitary 2. This has made me paranoid and I have been searching the web, which has made it worse. lol

One of the many reasons to buy Spyderco knives from known, established, independent Spyderco dealers, and avoid buying them on Amazon, even if the Amazon dealer is Spyderco-approved; the stress of worrying about whether it's real or not in the first place. Not to mention that you're not saving much if any money at all buying them through Amazon.

Jim

[Accutron]

I can't see your pics

You're the second person to tell me that in the past few days. I host pics on my own HTTP webserver...no third party image hosting. Unless your ISP has randomly blocked my IP address, or requires HTTPS for some reason, they should load just fine.

I just had my wife check from her phone, and the pics loaded for her.

[PStone]

I can't see your pics

You're the second person to tell me that in the past few days. I host pics on my own HTTP webserver...no third party image hosting. Unless your ISP has randomly blocked my IP address, or requires HTTPS for some reason, they should load just fine.

I just had my wife check from her phone, and the pics loaded for her.

I see them on my phone. Here’s an Imgur link for those who can’t.


That is actually pretty scary. I think I’ll be sticking to authorized dealers…

[SG89]

Thanks for the pics. Omg those are scary.

[phaust]

Pretty easy to tell those from the real. G10 grip pattern is off, digicam G10 pattern has the wrong colors, ragged edges on the G10 at least on the digicam one, black paint is either not dlc or is some kind of shiny dlc rather than flat, bug logo on the blade is all off (for example the lower legs are blobs rather than curved inward), and satin screw finish all blatantly different. Pivot T-size might also be too small(?), can't tell for sure from the pics there. Seem pretty easy to tell those anyway from the real given the huge amount of discrepancies.

[PStone]

Pretty easy to tell those from the real. G10 grip pattern is off, digicam G10 pattern has the wrong colors, ragged edges on the G10 at least on the digicam one, black paint is either not dlc or is some kind of shiny dlc rather than flat, bug logo on the blade is all off (for example the lower legs are blobs rather than curved inward), and satin screw finish all blatantly different. Pivot T-size might also be too small(?), can't tell for sure from the pics there. Seem pretty easy to tell those anyway from the real given the huge amount of discrepancies.

Yes. Easily spotted by a Spyderco enthusiast. But it’s the newcomers I fear for. The guys and gals that are buying their first one or just starting to collect.

[SG89]

Yes. Easily spotted by a Spyderco enthusiast. But it’s the newcomers I fear for. The guys and gals that are buying their first one or just starting to collect.

Exactly.

[phaust]

Pretty easy to tell those from the real. G10 grip pattern is off, digicam G10 pattern has the wrong colors, ragged edges on the G10 at least on the digicam one, black paint is either not dlc or is some kind of shiny dlc rather than flat, bug logo on the blade is all off (for example the lower legs are blobs rather than curved inward), and satin screw finish all blatantly different. Pivot T-size might also be too small(?), can't tell for sure from the pics there. Seem pretty easy to tell those anyway from the real given the huge amount of discrepancies.

Yes. Easily spotted by a Spyderco enthusiast. But it’s the newcomers I fear for. The guys and gals that are buying their first one or just starting to collect.

Definitely a good point

[cherna48]

I wasn’t trying to save money, more of getting the knife in my hands soon. The price was the same as knifecenter/bladehq. I can also have the option to return, which might go that route. I was just asking if this one was legit or not.

[Sharp Guy]

I can't see your pics

You're the second person to tell me that in the past few days. I host pics on my own HTTP webserver...no third party image hosting. Unless your ISP has randomly blocked my IP address, or requires HTTPS for some reason, they should load just fine.

I just had my wife check from her phone, and the pics loaded for her.

I've tried two different browsers on work PC, logged in & logged out, cleared cache etc. No bueno. Our ISP isn't blocking anything that I'm aware of. Then I tried 4 different browser on my phone. WiFi & cell connections, logged in & logged out, cleared history-data-etc, no good. Then I did the same with my work phone and Chrome & Safari. Chrome didn't work logged in but I did see the pics after I logged out. Safari worked both logged in and logged out. I noticed previously that I don't see your pics but there are a few people that post pics that I also don't see. I usually don't worry about it and keep scrolling

[cherna48]

I bought it from Amazon because I was able to get it next day. The price is the same as knifecenter/bladehq so i wasn’t trying to save a buck. I have the option for no hassle free return but was just curious if this was a legit knife or being posed as a clone. Also, not my first spyderco (delica 4, dragonfly 2, and PM2) but my first bought from Amazon.