unmarked blade? on an old Military?

Pharmagator · #1

I saw this and was wondering if it was a forgery?

http://cgi.ebay.com/SPYDERCO-C36-Milita ... 3cacea9347

or am I missing something? :confused:

yablanowitz · #2

Probably a "lunchbox special". That seller is either an alter ego or an associate of the seller we call "Dr. Frankenspyder". They list a lot of highly questionable knives, and both list locations a stone's throw from the Golden plant.

angusW · #3

I think this seller has been flagged as selling fakes in the past.

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43020

Pharmagator · #4

thanks... I will avoid...

rlw1979777 · #5

The clip doesnt look right. Its also missing the other hole that should be there. No telling, but it would seem to be a fake. A good fake though.

GoMeR · #6

rlw1979777 wrote:The clip doesnt look right. Its also missing the other hole that should be there. No telling, but it would seem to be a fake. A good fake though.

That looks to be the very early clips used on the first miltaries before they went to the 3 screw clips. That military also has slotted handle screws, I have never seen those on a military, even the old ones I have seen with the 2 screw clip are not slotted. Looks to be a parts knife put together with some hardware store screws which that seller is famous for. Knife looks real to me but not something Spyderco sold that way.

The Deacon · #7

Given the seller, the knife is probably a collection of real Spyderco parts. Only questions are whether they all left the factory at the same time and under what circumstances. He has a history of selling knives that raise those kinds of questions.

rlw1979777 · #8

GoMeR wrote:That looks to be the very early clips used on the first miltaries before they went to the 3 screw clips. That military also has slotted handle screws, I have never seen those on a military, even the old ones I have seen with the 2 screw clip are not slotted. Looks to be a parts knife put together with some hardware store screws which that seller is famous for. Knife looks real to me but not something Spyderco sold that way.

I can see what you mean. But the 2 screw clipped millies of the past I thought had a different look. Had one once, and if I recall correctly it didnt have that crude of a look.

Not only all that, but the pivot is backwards. Wonder if that was done to get the blade to line up.

GoMeR · #9

rlw1979777 wrote:I can see what you mean. But the 2 screw clipped millies of the past I thought had a different look. Had one once, and if I recall correctly it didnt have that crude of a look.

Not only all that, but the pivot is backwards. Wonder if that was done to get the blade to line up.

It does look a little strange, perhaps he had 2 screw slabs and liners and ground down a 3 screw clip, heres a few pics of a real 2 screw older military. Just noticed the backwards pivot, didnt see it before you mentioned it.

http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?p=507245

Pharmagator · #10

I carried a 2-screw clip ATS-34 Military for a couple of years (in 1996 if I remember...) the knife was bullet-proof... but the screws holding the scales together started rusting... I sold it (darn!) and started carrying a Lg Goddard (till about a year ago, and it is back to the Military (old CPM 440V serrated) that is solid as a rock (and hasn't bit me yet)