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The knives in the OP are not even copies of actual cold steel blades, just rebranded Bud K catalog type stuff.
Counterfeit, anyone?
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That is kind of what I am talking about.
One obvious sign of a fake Spartan is the 10 grooves in the handle scales. The genuine Cold Steel Spartan has 11 grooves per scale. If you look at the Spartan on the CS website, 11 grooves.
It was nice of the counterfeiters to make that mistake.
EDITED TO ADD: To be clear, 11 grooves does not guarantee a "Spartan" is real, but 10 grooves does guarantee that it's a fake.
Picture below of the real thing direct from the Cold Steel website.
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Does anyone know if the ‘knife rights’ AD10 and Swift I’ve been seeing around are counterfeit? There are some on the big auction site. Same seller has quite a few Randall’s up as well which appear to be legitimate based on previous transactional feedback. I’m not personally interested in buying, they just look a little strange to me. Maybe from some contest or something? I saw a few on another consignment site recently too.
That was a limited edition collaboration between Cold Steel and Kniferights.org back in 2020. Kniferights.org is the countries (USA) largest knife rights lobbying group.
I just checked the 4 big China sites, and although the AD10 is heavily counterfeited, I see none with the Knife Rights logo. I'd wager the knives you are seeing are genuine.
I don't know how many were made, but I'd be leery. The only legitimate models I've seen were raffled at past Blade Shows directly from the Knife Rights booth, and there were only one or two (refer to my photos in the Rare Gems thread). Though it would be strange to counterfeit knives with the Knife Rights etching, it seems to me like too many are showing up for sale all of a sudden.
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AD-10 Carbon Fiber handles. Seller on AUCTION site is selling these. I almost bought it without investigating then I did. The major counterfeit seller Ali-Express sells them. Obviously counterfeit. Buy with caution. I had hoped with the different colored handles maybe it was true and it was too good to be true .
Cold Steel AD-10 M390 Blade Carbon Fiber Handle High Hardness Folding Knife Outdoor Tactical Survival Sharp Hunting Tool Knives
Kind of a dead giveaway of not really Cold Steel .
It does get harder all the time to sort out the real from fake .
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That's the best way to monitor fakes. I bet most of it comes from there.
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Thought I found a Rick Hinderer Specoal Project Tab on eBay (I know, big mistake).
Well it arrived today and it doesn’t seem like the lettering and designs are as crisp and prominent as they are on Rick’s website. I suspect I may have been flamboozled.
Anyone care to weigh in?
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Well it arrived today and it doesn’t seem like the lettering and designs are as crisp and prominent as they are on Rick’s website. I suspect I may have been flamboozled.
Anyone care to weigh in?
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Cold Steel Kyoto II counterfeit
This video does not belong to me(and i don't know how to make links shorter, sorry) and i hope this helps someone:
https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005...419edf54eaf9563e073fd429cef&afSmartRedirect=y
This video does not belong to me(and i don't know how to make links shorter, sorry) and i hope this helps someone:
Am I right in saying there are no Gurkha Kukri fakes that actually look like the real thing? The GK Plus in this thread was never confirmed as fake and no one else has seen one actually being sold, so maybe it was just photos from a Chinese guy taking one apart?
I mean this one. The hardware is indeed not black, but if someone made the effort of faking this model to the point of faking the sheath, wouldn't we see more around? That's a big investment for the faker.
IDK , but just in general, I believe that cloners try to copy and market primarily the most popular (and easiest to pass off ) merchandise .
Doubt there's a huge market for the GK Plus and those buyers might be more discerning than the norm .
Just looking at Ebay sold listings , seems like 3V version goes for ~$500 to 700 and the 4034 for ~$200 . Old "vintage " O1 and Carbon V , somewhere in-between .
3V prices are ridiculously high and the 4034 is already practically a clone, in quality of steel , IMO .
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Like I wrote in the GK thread, the 4034 does perform. I'll post some videos there since this thread is about counterfeits.
Sure, but at some point someone has bought it and might sell it on in the West or elsewhere in Asia, like this knife.