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Fake ebay CHOKWE?

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:48 am
by Cave Dave
I find it odd they have an artist rendering of a hollow ground Chokwe like knife with 3 handle holes.

http://tinyurl.com/mb63fz

or directly to an auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Spyderco-C132GP-Cho ... 286.c0.m14

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:11 am
by The Deacon
Could be. But probably just a case of them being to lazy to take a picture, or being hooked up with a drop shipper and not actually having the knife to photograph, and not knowledgeable enough about the product to realize they'd Googled up and swiped the photoshop rendering someone did, and posted on this forum, of what a folding Chokwie might look like way back before the actual Spyderco version existed rather than the actual knife.

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:03 am
by Th232
Hey, those're my renderings!!!

Funny, I'd forgotten about those. And I must say, they look infinitely worse than the final design.

Wonder if someone should ask if it's the version in the top or the bottom.

Edit: For anyone who's interested, here's the original thread:
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... ght=chokwe

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:21 pm
by clovisc
saw that too. my guess was that it was by someone who is selling the actual knife, but is too lazy to take pictures...

Fake Chokwe

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:30 pm
by jonUSA,EARTH
For that price i would just buy from a reputable on-line knife store that can be trusted.
Just ordered mine from Knife Center and it is arriving Tuesday :D




Wish List:
Stretch 2 ZDP 189
Forums Native
Police 3
Barong
Mini Goddard(sprint Run) :D

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:47 pm
by araneae
Th232 wrote:Hey, those're my renderings!!!

Funny, I'd forgotten about those. And I must say, they look infinitely worse than the final design.

Wonder if someone should ask if it's the version in the top or the bottom.

Edit: For anyone who's interested, here's the original thread:
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... ght=chokwe
I'd report the lister for using your image.

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:49 pm
by RJNC
They have excellent feedback, so probably the real deal.