Real "R. Hinderer" or China fake?

[TheSingingSharkOfWhales]

Trying to figure out if this knife is a legit R. Hinderer. Thank you!

 

[jbib]

Even though I'm a neophyte, all other things being equal the first question to ask: how much did it cost?

 

[norcalAF]

Even though I'm a neophyte, all other things being equal the first question to ask: how much did it cost?

And where's ye ole horsehead?

 

[TheSingingSharkOfWhales]

Even though I'm a neophyte, all other things being equal the first question to ask: how much did it cost?

It's from a family estate. There were other high dollar knives, but there were also some fake Case knives. The collector wasn't supper discriminatory.

 

[norcalAF]

It's from a family estate. There were other high dollar knives, but there were also some fake Case knives. The collector wasn't supper discriminatory.

Any box or packaging?

 

[argyle1812]

That's definitely giving fake vibes

 

[Corton93]

I know most of the production FXM's only have 2 screws as well as the modern Hinderer branding.

There were some custom FXM that did have 3 screws, but I seem to remember those just saying Hinderer along the base of the blade above the scale, not billboarded down the side like the Flashpoint..

Plus to my eye that looks like el'cheapo laser etching. Not the embossed text like Hinderer normally used. Just my .02 cents..

 

[TheSingingSharkOfWhales]

Any box or packaging?

Just the plain brown box it's sitting on in the pictures.

 

[knarfeng]

I don't know much about Hinders, but those fasteners don't look right to me. Somebody who knows Hinderers is welcome to correct me:

Here's a picture from the Hinderer web site. Notice the finish of the screws. Jimping does not match, either.

 

[unwisefool]

I'd contact Hinderer and see what they say

 

[Delgadonine]

And where's ye ole horsehead?

Luca Brasi put Khartoum's head in Jack Woltz's bed. By order of Don Vito Corleone.

That's not a real Hinderer.

 

[Delgadonine]

The collector wasn't supper discriminatory.

Ate counterfeit food too?

 

[sgt1372]

I'm no Hinderer expert but I've seen lot of Hinderers (fixed, folders, autos & bali) & I've never seen one branded that way.

So, it looks like a fake to me.

 

[Murdamook.3]

And where's ye ole horsehead?

Older Hinderers were embossed with R. HINDERER.

 

[Murdamook.3]

The fasteners look okay, but the fact that there’s three of them is not good and the logo looks etched, not stamped.

 

[Murdamook.3]

I reverse image searched the knife and an identical blade comes up at a Chinese retailer that stocks nothing but clones. Other than that, there’s a custom FXM that pops up but the finish is nothing like that and there’s no R. HINDERER logo.

 

[Wolverine666]

Like was mentioned earlier , contact Hinderer and get confirmation.

 

[splinterprone]

Ruoxuan Hinderer

 

[ferider]

Fake.

 

[jbib]

I don't know much about Hinders, but those fasteners don't look right to me. Somebody who knows Hinderers is welcome to correct me:

Here's a picture from the Hinderer web site. Notice the finish of the screws. Jimping does not match, either.

Authoritative response.