Counterfeit PM2?

Jaeger · Oct 5, 2016

Hi guys. I figured this would be the place to come to confirm my suspicions. I received this knife as part of a trade deal. This was an "extra" and wasn't the target of the trade. Nevertheless, I was excited to finally get a PM2.
Right away I was disappointed with the fit. I couldn't tune it to remove the blade play without making it hard to open. After some research and a good examination I'm fairly sure I have a fake on my hands. Can any of you confirm or refute this?

ejames13 · Oct 5, 2016

It's somewhat hard to say without a pic of the knife fully assembled, but the shape of the blade looks off as well as the laser etching. Also there is no date stamp on the tang of the blade.

yeuhs · Oct 5, 2016

The show side liner should have 2 relief "windows" for weight reduction... I'd say fake

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Zagorov · Oct 5, 2016

I think it's fake - the blade shape is way off.

Jaeger · Oct 5, 2016

yeuhs said:
The show side liner should have 2 relief "windows" for weight reduction... I'd say fake

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That was my first clue. I've sent the pictures to Spyderco as well. I'll let you know their reply.

Jaeger · Oct 5, 2016

Spyderco was very quick to reply!
It's a counterfeit.

Barman1 · Oct 5, 2016

Liners missing the little indentations from manufacturing, graphics are wrong and no date on the blade, jade scales are wrong for S30V blade....etc.
Fake.

Jaeger · Oct 5, 2016

Now it's time to help my buddy go after the scumbag on eBay that sold it to him.

DocT · Oct 5, 2016

There is no doubt that it is a fake. Blade shape is wrong, liners wrong, blade stamping is wrong. I hope you did not need this knife to make the trade come out.

Jaeger · Oct 5, 2016

DocT said:
There is no doubt that it is a fake. Blade shape is wrong, liners wrong, blade stamping is wrong. I hope you did not need this knife to make the trade come out.

No, it was a trade with a friend. I let him know about it and he is mortified. I'm not out anything. He's out $100 though which pisses me off.

Skeptic13 · Oct 6, 2016

Liners are a dead give away. Fake.

Yo Mama · Oct 6, 2016

Barman1 said:
Liners missing the little indentations from manufacturing, graphics are wrong and no date on the blade, jade scales are wrong for S30V blade....etc.
Fake.

So this freaked me out when I first thought I got a "defective one" but found out about the notches were supposed to be there. So glad it's well known now, I can spot a fake from a mile away.

Jaeger · Oct 7, 2016

Yo Mama said:
So this freaked me out when I first thought I got a "defective one" but found out about the notches were supposed to be there. So glad it's well known now, I can spot a fake from a mile away.

This has been educational.

skivic · Oct 7, 2016

the perfect cut on the lock cutout in the g10 shows its a fake aswell all real pm2 have a swoop the that has a perfect edge half moon an i Believe spyderco dates their blades