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Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:49 am
by JayDT
Re: Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:27 pm
by 1967redrider
I don't think anyone would counterfeit that style of knife, no money in it.

However, it looks to be a nice utility knife.

Re: Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:46 pm
by cody6268
I doubt someone would fake this pattern.Too new, too common, and too cheap.
My modern civilian variant came wiin a Joseph Rodgers box, and similarly, has no blade markings. I suspect that the "J" stamped on the blade is shorthand for Joseph Rodgers.
Re: Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:08 pm
by bestgear
1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:27 pm
I don't think anyone would counterfeit that style of knife, no money in it.

However, it looks to be a nice utility knife.
Ditto!

Re: Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:54 pm
by 1967redrider
cody6268 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:46 pm
I doubt someone would fake this pattern.Too new, too common, and too cheap.
My modern civilian variant came wiin a Joseph Rodgers box, and similarly, has no blade markings. I suspect that the "J" stamped on the blade is shorthand for Joseph Rodgers.
Or it could be Japan maybe?

Re: Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:05 pm
by cody6268
1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:54 pm
cody6268 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:46 pm
I doubt someone would fake this pattern.Too new, too common, and too cheap.
My modern civilian variant came wiin a Joseph Rodgers box, and similarly, has no blade markings. I suspect that the "J" stamped on the blade is shorthand for Joseph Rodgers.
Or it could be Japan maybe?
Possibly, but I think it predates what I am thinking about. A company called Shelham imported them from Japan for the Australian Army during the '80s and '90s, and like their British cousins, they were dated.
Re: Is this fake? Any help appreciated.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:38 pm
by JayDT