Stag transition XX-USA

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prairiedog
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Stag transition XX-USA

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I purchased this knife (54052 transition) at a local flea-market because it was priced very reasonable...almost too reasonable...so I have my concerns. I figure this knife would be one that's sometimes tampered with to increase the value...but I took the gamble being that it looks legit to me. I've been collecting and trading for a little while now and I can spot a few fakes...but this knife has passed my eye-test. I know the stag is right and the blades look uniform...but I'm just not 100%.
Would appreciate your alls opinions and feedback...and if it looks tampered with...please educate me on what I'm missing. Hope these photos are suffice...if not, I will take more. I realize it's difficult to judge out of hand and with pics only.
Much "thanks" for taking the time to look...I'm hoping soon I'll get confident enough to depend on my own judgement and possibly help newcomers on this site...but as you can tell...I'm not quite there yet. :roll:
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Perry

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Re: Stag transition XX-USA

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I collected four bladed 52 and 88 patterns for quite a while. Needless to say there is a premium associated with transition marks and unfortunately it doesn't take a exceptionally skilled "repairman" to swap out the blades of 2 good knives and come up with 2 "better" knives. Therefore transitions are initially suspect.

Many times knives I have purchased have been more or less suspicious dependent upon the circumstance of the sale. Where it was purchased and who it was purchased from. "Too reasonable" to me suggests the seller might not have known what he had rather than knew what it was trying to dupe someone.

I don't have the answer to the circumstance of the sale in this case but the knife looks very good from what I can see in the pictures.

Wayne
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prairiedog
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Re: Stag transition XX-USA

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Thank-you Wayne ::handshake:: ...I've bought knives from this seller before and have always been pleased. Quite sure he would give me my money back if I wasn't pleased with the purchase...and that leaves me where I'm at right now...less than 100%. Maybe one of those instances where I'll never be for certain. Nevertheless, I'm content being that I like this pattern...especially in stag!

Thanks again Wayne...your feedback is appreciated!
Perry

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