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Hello! This is my first post here, but I've been buying Spydercos since the 1990s. I'm from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. I own more than 300 Spydercos and I even got a small Bug Logo tattooed on my skin :spyder: :D I just registered to be able to write this post and share these pictures with you.

I got this "Military" from Amazon.es and I'm returning it because it doesn't feel like it's original. They charged me the full price, over 200€ ($250). Usually I buy Spydercos from White Mountain Knives, through eBay, and I don't like waiting for weeks for the transatlantic shipping, but at least they can be trusted.

What do you think? I don't like the lanyard hole, the screws, the jimping, the blade finish, the box labels... (see Google Photos gallery)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/x4diVqUY18tnkCJa7

Thank you,
Guillem

Welcome to the forum! It is hard to be certain from a few pictures, but it looks fake to me. It is certainly not new (it doesn't have the CQI changes made a few years ago). With Amazon's policies and practices someone may have returned a fake and they passed it on to you.

Some Amazon knife customers buy a fake copy of a knife. Switch it for the authentic more expensive knife. And get a refund sending back the fake knife to Amazon and essentially end up with a $200 knife for $30 or similar.

If it were me I would send it back to Amazon and ask for a refund.
If you shop on Amazon you are playing Russian Roulette when it comes to higher quality knife brands such as Spyderco and Benchmade.

However you can easily get a refund and try again. At least Amazon will honor that.
I would not let 1 bad experience turn me away completely.

The screws are particularly concerning to me.

Welcome to the forum! Is it just me or is the blade profile also slightly off? The Military has a little more belly compared to this blade, unless the angle of the photo is misleading me.