Fat Tuesday.knives with fat handles.

This 500 Duke is a little fat in the middle.

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I wish I had took a picture but back in 2009 I had a ebony 112 that had wood very similar to very fat Stag..It ramped down to the bolsters a LOT and only years later I realized it had to be a employee's 112 or a Custom. Around 2018 I tried to find it but it disappeared and I don't know where or what happened to it. I just didn't realize how special it was as I had only been collecting for 2 years.
 
I liked this thread so I went looking for a fat stag Buck. I found a great over the top fat stag, it was way over priced so I made an offer I did not expect to be accepted. To my surprise it was accepted.

see link to the auction

Well, when the knife arrived I knew I had been taken. It was a counterfeit (copy of a Buck 192). The blade was gold color, but no Buck stamp, it is also non-metallic? Also the blade was about a 1/2" longer than a Buck made 192, the blade was also almost twice as thick as a Buck made 192. The auction says Buck 192 customized by Michael Prater, it is not a Buck made product. The seller did offer my money back with return of the knife. Long story short beware of what you are buying, this lesson cost me a loss of $23 in return shipping cost.





 
jb4570 said:
I liked this thread so I went looking for a fat stag Buck. I found a great over the top fat stag, it was way over priced so I made an offer I did not expect to be accepted. To my surprise it was accepted.

see link to the auction

Well, when the knife arrived I knew I had been taken. It was a counterfeit (copy of a Buck 192). The blade was gold color, but no Buck stamp, it is also non-metallic? Also the blade was about a 1/2" longer than a Buck made 192, the blade was also almost twice as thick as a Buck made 192. The auction says Buck 192 customized by Michael Prater, it is not a Buck made product. The seller did offer my money back with return of the knife. Long story short beware of what you are buying, this lesson cost me a loss of $23 in return shipping cost.





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That is slick. A good hunk of horn for sure.
 
jb4570 said:
I liked this thread so I went looking for a fat stag Buck. I found a great over the top fat stag, it was way over priced so I made an offer I did not expect to be accepted. To my surprise it was accepted.

see link to the auction

Well, when the knife arrived I knew I had been taken. It was a counterfeit (copy of a Buck 192). The blade was gold color, but no Buck stamp, it is also non-metallic? Also the blade was about a 1/2" longer than a Buck made 192, the blade was also almost twice as thick as a Buck made 192. The auction says Buck 192 customized by Michael Prater, it is not a Buck made product. The seller did offer my money back with return of the knife. Long story short beware of what you are buying, this lesson cost me a loss of $23 in return shipping cost.
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"Custom" and "copy" do not translate to the same thing. He shouldn't have put the word Buck in it at all. At least it wasn't more costly.
 
jb4570 said:
I liked this thread so I went looking for a fat stag Buck. I found a great over the top fat stag, it was way over priced so I made an offer I did not expect to be accepted. To my surprise it was accepted.

see link to the auction

Well, when the knife arrived I knew I had been taken. It was a counterfeit (copy of a Buck 192). The blade was gold color, but no Buck stamp, it is also non-metallic? Also the blade was about a 1/2" longer than a Buck made 192, the blade was also almost twice as thick as a Buck made 192. The auction says Buck 192 customized by Michael Prater, it is not a Buck made product. The seller did offer my money back with return of the knife. Long story short beware of what you are buying, this lesson cost me a loss of $23 in return shipping cost.





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Sucks this happened.

If you reported it as counterfeit to eBay, you would have not been charged return shipping. I have had to do this a couple of times.
 
Tecate said:
Sucks this happened.

If you reported it as counterfeit to eBay, you would have not been charged return shipping. I have had to do this a couple of times.
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The seller had this auction marked no returns accepted. EBAYs automated system would not allow me to mark or complain about anything. It was the seller who allowed me to send it back. My daughter told me after it was done that I could have called EBay and they would have helped me. Again live and learn.
 
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