Fake Case Mini Copperlocks?

[Hickory n steel]

Nobody really puts this much effort into counterfeiting modern Case knives, the best they do is put CASEXX on generic Chinese slipjoints.
I saw a knife that looked like a Rough Ryder with CASEXX slapped on the blade.
These are definitely real, but have issues I've never seen. Maybe they were factory seconds that somebody is selling for full price ?
I have had good luck with Case and while some sloppy knives can get out, I can't imagine them letting knife #1 out the door.
It's hard to imagine such a flaw going unnoticed.

BTW nickel silver does often turn yellow-ish but in my experience the alloy mix can vary where some will and some wont, I've experienced this most with Rough Ryder and Frost cutlery and never personally on any Case knives that I can remember but have seen it.

 

[OG_Shocker]

None of my case bomb shields have a dot on them. Both of yours show a distinct dot in places they shouldn’t be.

I have a feeling a lot of users on here buy fake case knives from non reputable sellers and them slam the quality. They definitely have went downhill but these two i will reiterate definitely don’t look right. Too many red flags. As far as the bolsters I’ve had some patina darker but they just don’t look right either.


I found your seller on eBay. Feedback is very suspect and shows signs of being a shill seller. Several feedback from the same couple of accounts and LOTS as automated feedback which gives the impression of fake sells. There was a knife dealer out of Tennessee that wasn’t very well liked on here years ago that did the same thing on his eBay.

Also odd that they are selling the exact same 3 items for every transaction. I’m guessing the watches the Birkenstocks and the knives are all fakes.

Good luck

Exactly what I was thinking! What knife dealer in TN? Not collectorsgeneralstore.com by any chance? I just ordered a knife from them but checked website reviews first. They seem to have good prices so I was a little skeptical. Hope that’s not the same seller!

 

[OG_Shocker]

Nobody really puts this much effort into counterfeiting modern Case knives, the best they do is put CASEXX on generic Chinese slipjoints.
I saw a knife that looked like a Rough Ryder with CASEXX slapped on the blade.
These are definitely real, but have issues I've never seen. Maybe they were factory seconds that somebody is selling for full price ?
I have had good luck with Case and while some sloppy knives can get out, I can't imagine them letting knife #1 out the door.
It's hard to imagine such a flaw going unnoticed.

BTW nickel silver does often turn yellow-ish but in my experience the alloy mix can vary where some will and some wont, I've experienced this most with Rough Ryder and Frost cutlery and never personally on any Case knives that I can remember but have seen it.

Thanks, I do hope they’re legit. I’m sending the first one back for warranty (if I can get someone on the phone since the form on the website isn’t working).

 

[Bigburly912]

Exactly what I was thinking! What knife dealer in TN? Not collectorsgeneralstore.com by any chance? I just ordered a knife from them but checked website reviews first. They seem to have good prices so I was a little skeptical. Hope that’s not the same seller!

No. They have a beautiful little storefront down near Manchester tn. They are legit.

 

[OG_Shocker]

No. They have a beautiful little storefront down near Manchester tn. They are legit.

That’s a relief!

 

[Hickory n steel]

I have a feeling a lot of users on here buy fake case knives from non reputable sellers and them slam the quality.

As far as I have seen modern Case knives really aren't being counterfeited very much.
There are certainly overly picky people out there, but in general Case is just letting more lemons out the door than they should be sadly.

 

[5K Qs]

5K Qs As to the tang stamp year not matching the year on the box,

Sometimes, Case makes more blades in a year for a certain pattern than they use during that year. Rather than throw the blades away they will continue using those excess blades into the new year. So, you might have a knife where the dots and xs indicate a year that doesn't match the date on the box. The date on case boxes doesn't necessarily indicate the year manufactured but the year assembled.

Say Case makes 5000 blades tang stamped with 8 dots indicating 2022 manufacture but only uses 3000 of them for that years run. Rather than throw away the excess blades, Case will cotinue to use those blades into the nexr year and the next until the 8 dot stamped blades are used. So it'spossible that some of those 2022 blades might be used in 2023 and 2024 assembled knives.

Thanks for the explanation, ED.
I could easily see how a box with assembly date 1/9/24 might contain a blade made/stamped in (late) 2023, but I didn't know if it was possible to get "mismatches" that extended more than a year.

- GT

 

[Modoc ED]

Thanks for the explanation, ED.
I could easily see how a box with assembly date 1/9/24 might contain a blade made/stamped in (late) 2023, but I didn't know if it was possible to get "mismatches" that extended more than a year.

- GT

The numbers I gave Gary 5K Qs were given as an example. You're correct in your assumption that the year over run wouldn't amout to all too many blades.