Fake M9 Ontario?

[Blackmantis]

Ah thanks.

I got it for $160 AUD wheras other M9's in Australia cost around $400, which sounded a little odd to me, so I wasn't sure if it was a fake or not.

Any suggestions about what I can do to the blade, as it has a nasty scrape-like mark along the side which I cannot remove and I've never really worked with knifecare products. I wish to remove the scrape if possible.



Thanks for your help!

[Mister Moon]

Auction ebay : Item number: 180254796982

[Blackmantis]

I'd buy from overseas in an instant, but so far every time I have, customs have nicked it. I ordered a model back in 2007 and declared it, etc filled in the forms but it never arrived, apparently it was destroyed by customs again so I got fed up and stopped ordering from overseas.

[Mister Moon]

where do u com from ? China !

[Blackmantis]

Australia, (If I were in China, I'm sure I could find a Taiwan M9 for sale somewhere ;)). Our customs is really strict here (they restrict even plastic or wooden model/display/practice knives coming in through customs here. It took me a month to get an entirely wooden Rubber-band-gun in through customs because it had to be checked to make sure it wasn't able to be used in a deadly manner.

Thanks for the help though. M9's seldom show up on Ebay Australia, but they're often used and battleworn, and I'm keeping my eye out for new stuff. The Collectors Armoury war museum, and Military Surplus stores only sell cheap Taiwan clones (despite being $50 more than the Ontario one I got), and the knife stores sell most M9s for about $300.

[Mister Moon]

Yea ... I'd see your customs to the french TV some days ago , and i see they're very very strict ! It's horrible for the Australian collectors ..... Change country !

BlackMoon

[Blackmantis]

I'd love to hit the USA, and I don't know about French gun/knife laws. France sounds like a nice place though! It's so hard for Aussies to migrate to other parts of the world these days though. The only way I can get out is a green-card lottery.