Older Butterfly Primorac Off- - Old or fake?

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I was just wondering if anyone knows what's up with the Primorac with the red-ish lense. The silver tags on the bottom of the handle are all the same older asymmetrical BTY logo with "Butterfly" written beneath.
The silver-grey background also is NOT reflective or shiny, but looks printed on the red-ish one. Is it just older or simply fake?
Couldn't find anything online and away help is appreciated 😁

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it has the newer silver lense on the bottom, but the lense on the fh side looks like the post you linked AND the primorac classic inscription does seem to have been wiped off somehow.
there surely was a period in which the primorac classic was available with the newer silver stamp on the bottom before they updated the plasic lense on fh side.
Thank you so much for your help, appreciate it!

 
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Yeah that "Primorac Classic" + oval tag (what you name silver stamp ?) is from the 2000's, I think it's because they were made in Europe, the Omar Assar blade has the same oval tag, as the Petr Korbel, and as all the euro made blade I know. But in the 90's those blades were made in Japan, hence the famous black tag.
Different eras for the Korbel:

90's made in Japan black tag
https://ireland.apollo.olxcdn.com/v1/files/nutuxgx3vvuq-UA/image;s=1000x750


2000's same era as your Primorac, same tag, made in Europe so
https://scontent.fcdg3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/46491647_2222954447989834_8635104479584190464_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=VjSMuhQZw_kAX8dOpNb&_nc_ht=scontent.fcdg3-1.fna&oh=00_AT9FPM2IOaEF94T2C5FP2kKzoW1RDqSmMZhZyLzwirKUIQ&oe=631F41F7
 
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There has been some evolution in the euro oval tags used: the 2000's era tags had a more rounder relief and were darker with the "Butterfly" inscription under the asymetric wings logo , as the new euro oval tags are way more clear grey and flat, more squared, with no "Butterfly" inscription on it, and no asymetric wings logo.

Omar Assar blade
https://lzd-img-global.slatic.net/g...6bab2919f64ae5d29c3z.jpg_720x720q80.jpg_.webp
 
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Thanks for the pic, yep definitely a 2000's euro blade, looks a bit shinny still so maybe there has to be some variations between the darker euro tag on the 2000's Korbel I've shown and this 2000's "PC" you've got, maybe the darker ones are even older, and the shinnier more late 2000's ?
 
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Well thank you guys for the help, I am now confident that this is a genuine BTY blade from the early 2000s.
After my journey into faster blades (following the destruction of my original Primorac 😭) I may now return to this lovely blade :)

Thanks again!

De nada glad it helped 😉

 
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