The 25 Cent Fakes Get Worse

[philco]

I think your brother is safe with his investment. I've never heard of anyone faking a modern day yellow handled Case Sodbuster.

[mwgosc]

He got it cheap from ebay the S doesn't look like the 2020 stamp it looks like 70s stamp but knife is NIB
IDK hopefully he didn't get taken

[mwgosc]

Okay I just found out YES the case is real... Lol the S is different because it's a CV blade... I'm new to case knives on how the do there tang stamps. Lol

[TimSchwartz63]

My son brought home this fixed blade knife that I suspect is fake because of the tag stamp and no other markings. Has anyone seen this before?

[Mumbleypeg]

Nothing wrong with it. Tang stamps on Case fixed blades are not the same as the stamps on Case Pocket knives.

Ken

[TimSchwartz63]

Thank you, so do you think its authentic? Any idea about when it was made?

[Mumbleypeg]

Yes it’s authentic as is the sheath. It’s a very common pattern, has what’s called a “knight’s head pommel”. That stamp is called the sans serif stamp. Serifs are the little “feet” or extensions on the end of letters in some fonts - Case used both serif and sans serif stamps on fixed blades at various times. The stamp on your knife doesn’t have them, therefore it’s the sans serif stamp.

Someone who knows more than me about Case fixed blades can probably tell you approximate age and other details. Recommend you post it in the fixed blades forum here viewforum.php?f=34. Folks more interested in field blade knives will likely see it there, (You posted this in an old thread about fake Case pocket knives.) Better quality, in-focus pictures would help since the type of blade finish and other details will determine when it was made.

Ken

[cody6268]

I think your brother is safe with his investment. I've never heard of anyone faking a modern day yellow handled Case Sodbuster.

I think basically every Benchmade, Spyderco, Emerson, Zero Tolerance, and even other brands of tactical folders have a Chinese fake/counterfeit. However, they don't bother faking Cases, so it's yet another reason to stick with traditional knives.

[BIGHEAD]

I think my brother got a fake sodbuster off eBay its supposed to be new but looking at the stamp it's stamped really good but looking at the S it's not right to me. Tell me what y'all think

Nobody gonna fake a $20 knife.