Paramilitary 2: Authentic or Counterfeit (a lot of pics!)

[ALA]

Hello everybody,

I would like to ask for your help in checking the authenticity of a knife I recently purchased.

I strongly suspect that it is counterfeit but would like to double check.

Major reasons for concerns are:

• The blade shape is slightly different from other Paramilitary 2 knives I own

• The fonts used for "Spyderco CPM S30V" and "Golden, Colorado U.S.A. Earth" are inaccurate and different

• "Golden, Colorado U.S.A. Earth" is written as "Golden.Colorado U.S.A.Earth" (dot and no spaces)

• Logos are slightly different and not properly positioned

• The handle is thicker

• Clip can be attached only to one place as other holes do not even have a screw-thread

I attach bunch of pictures where suspect has light blue handle. Please let me know your opinion.
Thanks!

[The Meat man]

Welcome to the forum.

That engraving definitely looks fake to me.

[wrdwrght]

Welcome to the forum.

That engraving definitely looks fake to me.

I agree.

[SG89]

100 percent fake

[anycal]

Nice chamfering on that fake one though... and longer edge :D

[Red]

Looks fake to me, Thats a crappy reality especially with so many suspect online retailers. Amazon especially. People take advantage of their liberal return policy and return a fake one and unfortunately alot of those fakes are re-sold. Where did you get this one? Hopefully if you used a credit card you can dispute the charges. Sorry this happened to you, just such a scumbag thing for someone to do.

[justjohn]

Take a close look at the Spyderco Bug. My personal opinion , the light blue handled knife is a knock-off. :eek:

[cabfrank]

The clip is cool, but the knife itself...

[TomAiello]

Definitely fake. I have a fake Yojimbo that is the exact same shade of G-10, with very similar font for the markings. I bought mine knowing it was a fake, though, because I was trying to educate myself on how to spot them (I bought duplicates of several genuine knives I own, to go through them and look for the differences).

[ALA]

Thanks a lot, guys! I have couple of fake items as well. But I did not want to buy this one as known counterfeit.
I have bought it at eBay and, as I know, eBay is not supporting fake items selling. Let us see.

More comments are more than welcome...

[JuPaul]

Thanks a lot, guys! I have couple of fake items as well. But I did not want to buy this one as known counterfeit.
I have bought it at eBay and, as I know, eBay is not supporting fake items selling. Let us see.

More comments are more than welcome...

Ebay should support you if you decide to return it. They have a money-back guarantee for that reason.