Hi,
Recently I've been turning myself towards pretty well used Spydercos, in order to give them a new life at my side.
Someone proposed to sell me a ZDP Stretch for around 50 bucks.
He made pictures and I didn't think much of it except that the transition from edge to kick seems to have been ground off.
However, the closest looking Stretch I found to this one would be the C90CF Stretch in Carbon Fiber. The texture is ok but the look is not.
I think it might be a fake but I'm not well versed in this model at all, that's why I need your help !
Need some help with a Stretch.
Need some help with a Stretch.
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Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
Dear MNOSD #4*:
This looks all kinds of different from my ZDP CF Stretch, but I have a "Dinosaur Jimp" version (jimping on thumb ramp is in large sharp steps of different sizes). Differences noticed:
Spyder hole in mine is about 2/3 past the plunge line toward the blade. Yours is opposite.
Yours has a larger ricasso.
I think maybe the spyder hole is smaller on yours? On mine the hole is 14mm diameter.
Kick is very different. Not rounded on mine.
I can't see the step- or tetris- pattern of the CF in your photos (maybe just a photo thing)
The finger choil on mine is shallower than yours
The rounded dome on the end of the hinge is considerably larger on yours.
Top part above hole just "looks" different, can't describe...maybe more peaked on yours?
The thinnest part of metal above the spyder hole on mine is toward the blade side, on yours, toward the thumb jimping.
Hope this helps...dunno if the my dino-jimped version is considerably different than the normal-jimped CF ZDP Stretch that followed.
Sincerely, MNOSD #3
This looks all kinds of different from my ZDP CF Stretch, but I have a "Dinosaur Jimp" version (jimping on thumb ramp is in large sharp steps of different sizes). Differences noticed:
Spyder hole in mine is about 2/3 past the plunge line toward the blade. Yours is opposite.
Yours has a larger ricasso.
I think maybe the spyder hole is smaller on yours? On mine the hole is 14mm diameter.
Kick is very different. Not rounded on mine.
I can't see the step- or tetris- pattern of the CF in your photos (maybe just a photo thing)
The finger choil on mine is shallower than yours
The rounded dome on the end of the hinge is considerably larger on yours.
Top part above hole just "looks" different, can't describe...maybe more peaked on yours?
The thinnest part of metal above the spyder hole on mine is toward the blade side, on yours, toward the thumb jimping.
Hope this helps...dunno if the my dino-jimped version is considerably different than the normal-jimped CF ZDP Stretch that followed.
Sincerely, MNOSD #3
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Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
Thanks MNOSD #3, feels good to always have a member when needed.Bolster wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:07 amDear MNOSD #4*:
This looks all kinds of different from my ZDP CF Stretch, but I have a "Dinosaur Jimp" version (jimping on thumb ramp is in large sharp steps of different sizes). Differences noticed:
Spyder hole in mine is about 2/3 past the plunge line toward the blade. Yours is opposite.
Yours has a larger ricasso.
I think maybe the spyder hole is smaller on yours? On mine the hole is 14mm diameter.
Kick is very different. Not rounded on mine.
I can't see the step- or tetris- pattern of the CF in your photos (maybe just a photo thing)
The finger choil on mine is shallower than yours
The rounded dome on the end of the hinge is considerably larger on yours.
Top part above hole just "looks" different, can't describe...maybe more peaked on yours?
The thinnest part of metal above the spyder hole on mine is toward the blade side, on yours, toward the thumb jimping.
Hope this helps...dunno if the my dino-jimped version is considerably different than the normal-jimped CF ZDP Stretch that followed.
Sincerely, MNOSD #3
There is a lot of inconsistances yes ! The texture of the scale material is ok but I checked with the owner and it doesn't seem to be CF. I've found pictures took by Nemo of the Stretch you're mentionning. But the fact that there is no finger choil jimping is pretty weird.
If I was looking for such a model my fake-meter would have gone to a 100 directly, but this was proposed to me as a very used knife for an excellent price. The owner is not the first owner and is a legit guy, we'll do a bit more research but I think it is already pretty safe to say that it is a fake.
I've read about fake Stretch in G10 on the Internet and the forum, but the links people were referring to back then are all dead now, obviously.
MNOSD #4 going dark.
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Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
What jumps out to me is the small bug and hole.
Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
I'm used to fake having a badly proportionned bug or an enormous one ! In any ways, I don't think there was any Stretch without jimping in the 50/50 choil. With Bolster's observations and yours, I think we can safely call it a stinky fake.
In the collection : Lots of different steels, in lots of different (and same) Spydercos.
Robin. Finally made an IG : ramo_knives
MNOSD member 004* aka Mr. N5s
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MNOSD member 004* aka Mr. N5s
Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
The shape of the thumb ramp looks really weird, almost peaked.
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Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
That just doesn't look like Spyder steel to me
Re: Need some help with a Stretch.
Yeah, definitely a fake !
Pretty "collector" fake though, it has maybe not a decade but close.
Pretty "collector" fake though, it has maybe not a decade but close.
In the collection : Lots of different steels, in lots of different (and same) Spydercos.
Robin. Finally made an IG : ramo_knives
MNOSD member 004* aka Mr. N5s
Robin. Finally made an IG : ramo_knives
MNOSD member 004* aka Mr. N5s