Postby awa54 » Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:36 am
The "bug" on yours has the correct engraved/machined texture to be a genuine Taichung made Spydie... a fake would almost certainly have an etched logo. Another tell that it's genuine is that the scales appear to be the Taichung laminate, which has a thin, slightly 3D layer of CF veave bonded on to a thick G10 base layer, this detail would require the counterfeiter to have access to, or to replicate a scale material that is only used by that one maker (to the best of my knowledge).
The Sage 1 has been in the lineup since mid 2008, maybe early producton knives ommited the Taichung part of the blade markings?
-David
still more knives than sharpening stones...