fake hubertus springer knife

[henryrawski]

How can I tell if a Hubertus springer knife is fake?

[Gunsil]

I have never heard of a fake Hubertus but one never knows what those Chinese will copy next. If you could post a photo of the knife in question somebody might be able to tell you if it is proper.

[samb1955]

DHGate sells them plus a bunch of other fake knives.

[mariacrow44]

Look Up Hubertus Vs Hubectrus. Very Good Read. I Have Stumbled Across A Few.

[TazmanTom18]

Hubertus also contracted out some small ones to be Chezh (sp) made. Most have the new clip blade, pretty shaky knives.

[Bill DeShivs]

The "Hubectus" comment is wrong.
Hubertus at one time marked their knives with the r and t connected- and some construed this to say "Hubectus." The Chinese copied this marking exactly. This is not a method to spot fake Hubertus knives. If the chinese are going to copy something, they won't intentionally misspell the name-there is no reason to.

[Madmarco]

I'm way late to this party, and my following information was info I read, but, it claimed that if the rivet in the middle of the metal strip that runs down from the lever on the front side of the knife is a fixed rivet, then the knife is genuine, but if it's a screw, the knife is a clone. For what it's worth!

I know for a fact that the knife on top with the RIVET in the metal strip is the genuine article, since it was purchased in Germany 35 years ago, and the knife on the bottom with the SCREW in the metal strip I know for a fact is a clone, since I purchased it from DHGate.com(Chinese site)about 1 year ago. If you click-on the pic it will expand so you can see it better!

[Folgore1]

there are definetly fake chinese made Hubertus clones , i bought a fake one few years ago at gun/knife show , it was the 7" swinguard model , it looked identical to original which i have had in past , that was ony way i could tell it was fake was Hubertus was spelled Hebectus, most of the fake ones i seen had filework also but when i was at the show i could not believe the low price so i bought it thinking it was real Hubertus but after few days doing research on them i found it was indeed a fake , so the chinese are definetly making fake Hubertus in 7" swinguard model im not sure if the make any other models .