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Is there a way to identify genuine AKC switch blades? The $10 version from DH Gate looks like any other switch blade to me.

Yes. A genuine AKC weather AKC World or Italy/traditional will have a tang stamp that has the lettering "hollow" rather than "filled in" for lack of a better description. Refer to pics I have attached...
(Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures. My phone is very low end.)

DH Gate's motto should be, "Selling fakery is what we do best."

Slavetrader wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:07 am Yes. A genuine AKC weather AKC World or Italy/traditional will have a tang stamp that has the lettering "hollow" rather than "filled in" for lack of a better description. Refer to pics I have attached...
(Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures. My phone is very low end.)

Is this also true for the Bill DeShivs AKC Leverletto's? I have several and the print is solid (filled in) but my other AKC knives do have the "hollow" print that you mentioned.

Looks like a couple fakes at the top of this page. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... ry-handles

Slavetrader wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:07 am Yes. A genuine AKC weather AKC World or Italy/traditional will have a tang stamp that has the lettering "hollow" rather than "filled in"

I'm trying to get confirmation on this from AKC directly, but I've been told that the AKC World knives often have the "filled in" tang mark.

I'm confused about these descriptions. What does filled in and hollow mean?? Do you mean etched and deep stamped?

Eric

Eric, I think they mean the letters are outlined in one and not the other, from what I see.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:57 pm Eric, I think they mean the letters are outlined in one and not the other, from what I see.

Ahhh, now I see! LOL, don't know how I missed that!

Eric

ken98k wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:10 pm Looks like a couple fakes at the top of this page. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... ry-handles

The link seems to be broke. It looks like most of the top knives on the AKC page are "odd." Does AKC really put out knives that have no stamp or mark?

TBear80 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:43 pm

ken98k wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:10 pm Looks like a couple fakes at the top of this page. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... ry-handles

The link seems to be broke. It looks like most of the top knives on the AKC page are "odd." Does AKC really put out knives that have no stamp or mark?

I don't know. I've seen a lot of AKC switch blades for sale lately and wondered how to tell the counterfeits from the real ones.

Maybe there are many ways. Probably one of those would be if a knife is made in China and doesn't have a stamp or makers mark, it is not a real AKC.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... andles-iii

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... lade-knife

Has anyone bought any of the many keychain knives? The ones with stag handles and inox stamps look right. Then there are also ones like these.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... hain-knife

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... hain-knife

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... lade-knife

It doesn't look like there is a stamp. The description also says they are handmade. How can even a small knife be just $20 if it was hand made in Italy?