Counterfeit Hundred Pacer?...
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:17 pm
Has anyone heard of the Hundred Pacer being cloned? I ask because when I tried to replace the pivot screws with aftermarket screws, they were nowhere near a fit. Both the knife and the screws came from reputable secondary-market sellers.
The original pivot screws on my example Hundred Pacer are smaller than I expected, roughly 0.150" (3.8 mm) thread diameter by 0.125" (or possibly 3 mm) length. I know Taichung screws are sometimes weird, and I can't tell if these are metric or English screws. The aftermarket screw purveyor's database says the proper pivot screws are M4 x 4.5.
I have no reason to believe the screw seller is lying, but his database could be wrong. I have no reason to believe the knife seller deliberately sold me a counterfeit, but he may have received it from a disreputable source.
Could someone tell me what the proper pivot screw size is for the Hundred Pacer, or measure theirs, or post a picture, or just tell me if yours looks about like this?
The original pivot screws on my example Hundred Pacer are smaller than I expected, roughly 0.150" (3.8 mm) thread diameter by 0.125" (or possibly 3 mm) length. I know Taichung screws are sometimes weird, and I can't tell if these are metric or English screws. The aftermarket screw purveyor's database says the proper pivot screws are M4 x 4.5.
I have no reason to believe the screw seller is lying, but his database could be wrong. I have no reason to believe the knife seller deliberately sold me a counterfeit, but he may have received it from a disreputable source.
Could someone tell me what the proper pivot screw size is for the Hundred Pacer, or measure theirs, or post a picture, or just tell me if yours looks about like this?