What's the verdict: Fake or Real.

STAINLESS90

STAINLESS90

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So I finally got my first Benchmade a 910 Stryker in what I believe to be ATS-34 steel and I was wanting to know what everyone thought I researched it and everything appears to match up.
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Not really the price just seemed pretty low because from what I understand ATS-34 was only used in the earlier runs of the knife. I expect to put it into my EDC rotation, I just have very little experience with BM's.
 
Definitely some differences between that one and my daughters ats34. No patent numbers under the Eli wording and the wording under the butterfly is not present on this knife either.

Could very well be that they changed things up, but there are some marked differences. Check a magnet against the liners. They should be titanium, but it's not a certainty even if the mag doesn't stick since some stainless is non-mag. Best way to know for sure is to anodize them.
 
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My daughters knife also doesn't say Bali Song in the butterfly.

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STAINLESS90 said:
I do know the older BM's had Balisong inside the butterfly.
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I thought so, but wasn't sure. Fwiw, the markings look different than my example, but it still looks good. I'm no bkc historian at all, they very well could have just made some changes along the way.

I wonder if Benchmade could confirm if it's real or not. Can't hurt to ask if no one can give a definitive answer.
 
I was debating calling them up on the lottery chance that they have a satin blade in stock. If not I may just commit sacrilege and stone-wash the blade and do away with the black coating. Does anyone know what the coating is?
 
STAINLESS90 said:
I was debating calling them up on the lottery chance that they have a satin blade in stock. If not I may just commit sacrilege and stone-wash the blade and do away with the black coating. Does anyone know what the coating is?
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The BT2 coating used back then was a terrible coating. It was a teflon-based finish. It shouldn't take much to remove it.
 
Don't have that model knife, but the logo and clip look identical to my 90's era ones.
No patent markings on mine, but does have blade steel marking (ats-34, m2hss, etc)
 
I have a legit one in my safe. I can take some pics tomorrow for you if you want to compare
 
No, thanks for the offer though. I've decided that its good enough for me and if it is a fake whoever made it spent more money making it then what I paid.
 
The knife in the photos is real. Over time they made physical changes to models and I know guys that own examples. Point is, once you know what to look for the real vs. copy or fake is obvious. That's a good find of an Elishewitz design and a keeper!
 
jkarp_53 said:
The knife in the photos is real. Over time they made physical changes to models and I know guys that own examples. Point is, once you know what to look for the real vs. copy or fake is obvious. That's a good find of an Elishewitz design and a keeper!
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I'd take the above as the final word on this.

Congrats on a fine example. :)
 
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