Quote Originally Posted by nova_robotics View Post
Sandvik is a garbage company and it's astounding that they occasionally produce a quality product. I used to work for them. Those probably aren't fakes, they're Sandvik factory rejects that they just sold anyway.
You are the second person who worked for them to say the same thing. I received a reply from them about whether there was a way to tell if they are authentic and they said "nope, buy from a dealer". And they seemed to not be interested in knowing who the seller is. So you are probably right.