All About Pocket Knives

Don't get burned on this one!! Modern fake blade and guard married to an older carving knife handle. Seller says may be worth 13-25,000 but he'd take 4400 on BIN and starting bid at $122!! Says he bought it cheap so doesn't need to get top dollar. Need the hip waders reading his description, BS gets a little deep. https://ebay.us/bNlLN7

For posterity.

Seller also has a Wostenholm dagger listed with opening bid of $399. Is this also a fake, not an authentic vintage knife ?
kj

IXL doesn’t look right either imo KJ .. look at the stamp and believe I’m even seeing remnants of something stamped there before... never mind the fact it is very similar to the Rose fake above that Gene noted... I have Williamson’s IXL book and nothing even close in resemblance to this...

Thanks Lee. I have seen a few instances of a seller with multiple vintage Sheffield fixed blades listed, that if one is a fake, the others also are. The sellers i believe often are not aware that the knives are fakes. In the days before the internet it was much easier to con the buyer as very few buyers were truly knowledgeable about vintage Sheffield fixed blades. Now with the internet it is easy to send pictures to someone who is knowledgeable and receive a reliable assessment.
kj

The IXL looks scary bad. The cutlery handles on both knives aren’t right.

Like the Rose fake, it too is a fake all the way. That IXL mark isn't over another mark it is just a really poor stamping with a really poor die. Like Wayne says, handles are not correct, both knives have handles from carving knives.

Roland that is true, BUT the internet has also become a dumping ground for fakers and more are on the market now than before the internet. I see folks getting burned every day on ebay, most folks aren't smart enough to use the net for pre-purchase investigation.