Need help....identifying weather this delica is real or fake.

[1Ronin]

Are the boxes the same? Check to see of the bar code is a sticker. I had one fake and the bar code was not a sticker. Other wise they look like all 3 of my delica's. Great present.

 

[1Ronin]

I should have noted that my fake was a Paramilitary 2. And not a Delica 4.

 

[C.M.L]

Thanks guys...yes, it is sticker on the box. The boxes all look the same I have 4 delica boxes to compare to.
Just waiting on what spyderco thinks... Im feeling a little better I want to give him his knife already.

 

[MaxFisher]

C.M.L.

I had similar concerns a couple of months ago when I bought a new Delica 4 Black FFG. The clip looked different from older Delicas as did a couple of other small features about the knife. Mine was real and your son's matches mine in all of the differences I noticed. I think there were a couple of rolling changes implemented by Spyderco, and we ended up with newer versions. It's a shame that we need to engage in such scrutiny due to some sketchy fakers.

 

[C.M.L]

C.M.L.

I had similar concerns a couple of months ago when I bought a new Delica 4 Black FFG. The clip looked different from older Delicas as did a couple of other small features about the knife. Mine was real and your son's matches mine in all of the differences I noticed. I think there were a couple of rolling changes implemented by Spyderco, and we ended up with newer versions. It's a shame that we need to engage in such scrutiny due to some sketchy fakers.

Thank you.

 

[remnar]

Spyderco has a habit of making minor tweaks and changes without fanfare, so determining a knife is definitely real or fake on the basis of a couple minor differences between the clips on two knives of the same model is virtually impossible. In this case, unless the date codes on the boxes are identical, it could very well be that:

a) the blue one is newer and clip has been enlarged slightly, for reasons best known to Spyderco
or
b) the orange one is newer and clip has been shrunk slightly, for reasons best known to Spyderco
or
c) one of the two represents a case where a clip intended for a different model wound up getting used on a Delica

As always, the single best defense against fakes is to buy from reputable dealers.

Deacon has it nailed. I don't see anything that makes me think that you definitely have a fake. The clip thing is odd, but sometimes that happens. The frn looks good, the blade appears to be good and everything else looks fine.

-remnar

 

[C.M.L]

Thank you...