He’s back, with a new seller name?

[bladebuddy]

This picture of my Wilbert two blade jack may help you make a decision about authenticity when comparing the two clip blades.
This blade has a swedge and long pull from the swedge down to the tang. The shield does sit a little proud on one side. The pins are not spun.
I would be suspicious of the OP knife. Steve B.

[orvet]

Notice the difference between the shield in the OP and the shield in Steve’s post. Steve shield is very narrow on the bottom compared to the OP shield. It reminds me very much of the shape of the shields Camillus Used on many of their composition handles. They had the much wider belly in the shield at the bottom and they were attached by tabs at the bottom center and at the upper corners . The tabs were pushed into the handle material when it was soft or cast into the handle material . I'm not sure exactly how they did it but there were tabs at the corner that went into and oftentimes through the handle material.

I think the shield is from a celluloid handled Camillus. I have seen the shield with the Larger, rounder bottom on other knives, but I believe a good number of them were contract knives made by Camillus.

[galvanic1882]

Is this seller a member here? I thought he was and had a store here also? Mike

[Mumbleypeg]

Is this seller a member here? I thought he was and had a store here also? Mike

Yes, assuming it is the seller formerly known as “mstorm” he’s still a member but his AAPK store is empty. eBay says mstorm is no longer a registered member there. Has no recent AAPK posts but checked in here as recent as today. Here’s an earlier post that some will remember viewtopic.php?f=24&t=58687. The thread is interesting - asked for a value for insurance purposes, got an estimate, then posted the knife for sale on eBay.

Ken

[galvanic1882]

Is this seller a member here? I thought he was and had a store here also? Mike

Yes, assuming it’s the seller formerly known as “mstorm” he’s still a member but his AAPK store is empty. eBay says mstorm is no longer a registered member there. Has no recent AAPK posts but checked in here as recent as today. Here’s an earlier post that some will remember viewtopic.php?f=24&t=58687. The thread is interesting - asked for a value for insurance purposes, got an estimate, then posted the knife for sale on eBay.

Ken

Thanks Ken I thought it was the same person Mike

[kootenay joe]

Seems to me this "mstorm" person knows vintage USA knives quite well and is a skilled 'knife mechanic' or employs a knife mechanic.
kj

[btrwtr]

Yes the same seller that has sold so many fakes and reworks under at least two other eBay selling names. The names have been changed to hide the guilty. He could be selling the grail and as I have said before I refuse willingly to put my money in the pocket of a crook.

[peanut740]

Yes the same seller that has sold so many fakes and reworks under at least two other eBay selling names. The names have been changed to hide the guilty. He could be selling the grail and as I have said before I refuse willingly to put my money in the pocket of a crook.

Ditto

[galvanic1882]

Is this the same guy now in Maine??

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Antiqu ... 1438.l2649

[kootenay joe]

The ring on his 4th digit is not the gold band that "mstorm" always showed. Also in this seller's other listings he is not wearing a ring. Many of his knives have too high asking prices. Also i think i can see minor differences in the finger creases between mstorm's hand and the hand of this seller. However this could be due to differences in picture exposure or focus ?
Do you see anything suspicious on the IXL Horseman's knife ?
kj

[btrwtr]

The ring on his 4th digit is not the gold band that "mstorm" always showed. Also in this seller's other listings he is not wearing a ring. Many of his knives have too high asking prices.
Do you see anything suspicious on the IXL Horseman's knife ?
kj

The most suspicious thing about the IXL is the seller. Someone that sells knives with welded blades, reworks and outright fakes. The fact that he changes locations and names like socks

[kootenay joe]

Does this IXL Horseman's knife have welded blades ? Or are you seeing outright fakes in his other listings ? i.e. what is it that connects this seller (kristtag_0) to mstorm ?
kj

[btrwtr]

Other than a handle crack not mentioned and the MO of the seller I don't see anything wrong with the IXL. Given some of the other knives he has sold and has currently for sale I doubt he would disclose any problem with the IXL he knows about. First two pics look like welding to me.