The snake is back! myrtlefake

[rigwelder]

The remington/pal jack he has listed are blades married to a schatt & morgan frame,,
Both the miller bros are wrong too,,the main blades has been welded on the tang.
The Baldwin Tidioue possibly has the second blade rewelded.
He's scared to show the main blades tang stamp on the Catt,,wonder why?
I havent looked at them all,,but i wouldnt trust any of them,,,

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-REMINGTON-P ... 1c1a42048b
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MILLER-BROS ... 2562293691
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MILLER-BROS ... 2562291771

[troyl2]

wow hes slipping on the remington u would have thought he would have at least changed out the keystone shield for a federal shield

[vikingdog]

The Tidioute Baldwin is at $150 with three days to go: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-TIDIOUTE-BA ... 1c1a422011

No wonder they call him myrtlefake.

[Knife Nut]

I had hoped this seller had slithered back under a rock to stay for good.

Paul

[msteele6]

If old Myrtlefake ever did get his hands on an authentic knife, he'd grind the stamp off and restamp it with a fake stamp.

At least 1959Brett tries to retain the character and overall look of his reworks, Myrtlefake has an absolute contempt for the character of the knives he's trying to pass off (and, by extension, for the collectors he's trying to sell them to). He'll put modern celluloid handles on a supposed knife from the '20's, winterbottom bone on a Colonial, you name it. Most of his knives have absolutely no relationship to what they're supposed to be (unless by accident). They all just have a sort of random look to them, as if he really doesn't know himself what they're supposed to look like.

[rigwelder]

If old Myrtlefake ever did get his hands on an authentic knife, he'd grind the stamp off and restamp it with a fake stamp.

At least 1959Brett tries to retain the character and overall look of his reworks, Myrtlefake has an absolute contempt for the character of the knives he's trying to pass off (and, by extension, for the collectors he's trying to sell them to). He'll put modern celluloid handles on a supposed knife from the '20's, winterbottom bone on a Colonial, you name it. Most of his knives have absolutely no relationship to what they're supposed to be (unless by accident). They all just have a sort of random look to them, as if he really doesn't know himself what they're supposed to look like.

I agree,,he really either doesnt know the knives or simply doesnt care.
I've been thinking about buying a couple of these knives just to return for a refund. So i can give him some much needed honest feedback.

[Knife Nut]

Rig, I love your way of thinking.

Paul

[rigwelder]

He's added alot more fantasy knives to study,, I looked at several. Every one of them had been worked on. The KK sheepsfoot jack made me laugh. Terrible

[ouhunter]

rigwelder, you have a great ideal If a bunch of us buy some of those knives then send them back for refunds then we could send a detailed list on feedback what was done to each knife

[knowtracks]

I see myrtlefake is back with a couple of Schatts again.
How in the blue eyed world does this person have a 100% feedback score??

Dave

[TripleF]

I hear ya!! 100%? Not that I know anything about fake knives.

Anyhow, there's another thread started on this with kind of a weird title: The Best of The Best.....

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 17&t=28391

[2Sharp]

Wow! It's really interesting to have this gathering of knife collectors with different levels of expertise and knowledge about a wide range of knives! The counterfeiters are definitely out there and are as greedy as ever! Some of them are amateurish or just plain idiotic with their counterfeits so they're easy to spot, but some of them are much harder to spot and even have connections in foreign countries like China or even workshops solely devoted to counterfeiting expensive custom knives! It's really hard to trust anything on EBAY nowadays, especially high dollar custom jobs or vintage knives, anything which may be worth some serious money! I have seen counterfeit Cold Steel Recon 1's as well as some Chinese CRKT models which CRKT has never made! Benchmade is another brand which I have seen counterfeits, the one I seen was for their Infidel OTF auto. It sucks for the collectors who are trying to acquire the genuine article only to get ripped off by some loser passing off counterfeits as the real thing! I guess the buyer should educate themselves as best they can and remember the old adage 'Caveat Emptor' (Let the buyer beware!) Be Well!