VG-10 San Mai

[Mike Sastre]

I don't remember if the fakes I saw on Amazon were "fulfilled by Amazon" or sold by "third party sellers". TBH, I did not check because I dismissed as fake immediately, but I did revisit a few other times and saw both legitimate and fake items, so never bothered after that. Cold Steel was not the only counterfeits that I saw on Amazon.

 

[jencarlos]

just to clarify, it is only sold directly from Amazon themselves if it says "ships from and sold by Amazon.com". any seller who is not "amazon" themselves is a third party seller, even the ones fulfilled by amazon. it is easy to tell who is who when you click on the options on the page for a particular item. usually there will be an link that says "used and new from $##" which will allow you to pick a different seller if one is available. on that list of different sellers offering the item at different prices (and in different conditions), there is always a seller username on each one. each seller has a unique id like on eBay made up of numbers and/or letters. amazon is the only seller without an actual "username" in the classic sense. when amazon is selling, the username slot is just occupied by the amazon logo. unless you see the amazon logo where the seller name is on the page with the list of options, it is NOT sold by amazon.com. and "fulfilled by amazon" only means that amazon is willing to either do prime shipping on it, and/or will assist you to the extent of their (amazon.com's) own policies if something goes wrong with the sale. however, the person doing the actually selling is a third party

the main real concern here should be if the "co-mingling", as described by other users, is true. that would screw everything I just said above. I assume though that amazon would feel they have to uphold a reputation and the risk of getting counterfeits from them should be low as a result

 

[Your Name Goes Here]

just to clarify, it is only sold directly from Amazon themselves if it says "ships from and sold by Amazon.com". any seller who is not "amazon" themselves is a third party seller, even the ones fulfilled by amazon. it is easy to tell who is who when you click on the options on the page for a particular item. usually there will be an link that says "used and new from $##" which will allow you to pick a different seller if one is available. on that list of different sellers offering the item at different prices (and in different conditions), there is always a seller username on each one. each seller has a unique id like on eBay made up of numbers and/or letters. amazon is the only seller without an actual "username" in the classic sense. when amazon is selling, the username slot is just occupied by the amazon logo. unless you see the amazon logo where the seller name is on the page with the list of options, it is NOT sold by amazon.com. and "fulfilled by amazon" only means that amazon is willing to either do prime shipping on it, and/or will assist you to the extent of their (amazon.com's) own policies if something goes wrong with the sale. however, the person doing the actually selling is a third party

the main real concern here should be if the "co-mingling", as described by other users, is true. that would screw everything I just said above. I assume though that amazon would feel they have to uphold a reputation and the risk of getting counterfeits from them should be low as a result

jencarlos - yes, this really does clarify buying on amazon. I believe that some people do not understand who they are buying from - they just believe if they bought the item on Amazon, then it came from Amazon (not understanding it could be a third party seller).

I have always believed - "ships from and sold by Amazon.com" - then there should never be an issue with a fake knife. All others, as you said, including "fulfilled by amazon" - are third party sellers (possible source of fakes & possible reporting of receiving fakes from, what the buyer believes to be, amazon ?).

The "co-mingling" issue, I guess could be resolved with a call to amazon customer service ? (I'm to lazy to call just now).

Mike Sastre - thank you for your response.

 

[DARCISIO]

When Cold Steel reintroduced their San Mai blades in VG-10 they were only available for a very brief time. Other than the 9 1/2" Magnum Tanto the other models seemed to remain on back order for the last year. Does anybody know why so few have actually been made or sold?

I purchased a San Mai Magnum Tanto IX recently and found it to be extremely well made. I also have a San Mai Tai Pan on back order for the last 6 months. There must be untold potential sales lost due to limited availability. The 3-V models of the same knives are everywhere, but no San Mai!!!

Yep their everywhere because of that black coating, its not to my taste nor to many others i take it.

Sellers are offering them at a cheaper price i have noticed also.