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Or so I thought. Recently I bought a Karahawk off "the large auction site". The seller had good ratings and said the knife was used. I got it for a good price and THOUGHT I'd made a good deal. A few days later when I received it in the mail, something was amiss. There was slight up and down and side to side blade play, it arrived in "the original box" which was the old style spyderco box. I tried moving the clip to the other side of the knife and the holes weren't threaded. Hmm...IRather than accuse this guy of selling me a clone, I started looking up photos and some things just didn't match. The initials at the base of blade were missing, the text on the blade was different and it just wasn't typical spyderco quality. So I finally contacted the seller. He admitted the blade play and asked for some photos showing why I believed it to be fake. After three email exchanges, he agreed with my assessment and refunded my money. I looked through his selling history and he wasn't a knife seller. This combined with the fact that he quickly refunded my money, I believe that he was duped just like me. To top it off, he said, "keep the dang thing. It's not like I'm going to sell it to anyone else." In the end, I let him keep $10 for his honesty and I guess for keeping the knife. With the refund, I purchased a REAL one from a reputable seller. The photo is of the real one and the fake for comparison. The fake one is a bit thicker, has solid liners and is missing the initials at the base of the blade. Like I said, I don't fault the seller, I could only find one knife in his history besides this one. Honest mistake and I got my money back, no harm no foul. I'll tell ya though, a non-knife nut would be hard pressed by looking to tell the difference. That being said, the quality differences are VERY apparent if you know what you're looking for.
