I just ordered this 112 from [vendor removed] and a couple things seemed very un-Buck-like...
First off, the tag line on the box is different, it's not the measure of a knife one;
The ink on the label at the end seems slightly blurry;
The knife itself was packed in the foam envelope and the sheath had the message paper stuck to the made in Mexico sheath tag.
As far as the knife itself, it was extremely gritty upon opening and closing, there was polishing compound left at the pivot (I know this is normal) , but the back of the knife near the lock bar spring was packed with beige "sand" for lack of a better description, it looked like the knife had been dropped in some beach sand and shaken out
Didn't think to get photos of that, I cleaned it up with a liberal application of ballistol, but the two last discrepancies are the tang stamp font appears smaller than the 110, and the nail nick is ground mostly into the hollow ground portion of the blade, missing the spine
Also, the blade had a very poor, dull edge on it, clearly the "sand" in the handle had dulled the edge, if this is an authentic 112, it would have greatly disappointed me if this was my first Buck, my 110 came out of the box perfect, so I know this was an anomaly, probably the last knife off the line on a Friday....
The edge was quickly fixed with my WorkSharp and Sharpmaker combo
Please tell me this isn't a counterfeit and something that merely snuck past QC?