Got some Katos finally!

[CSousley]

I think these are legit too! Only because they are still new enough to not have fakes made yet. The only thing is that they don’t have icons so if anyone knows anywhere to get some Kato Icons let me know!

 

[Broccoli]

I would be very skeptical of those.

 

[WildWires]

I would be very skeptical of those.

Agreed with @Broccoli. can you open the sides to adjust the pitch of the temple? If you can do that they are probably real, that would be hard to fake.

 

[leestripes]

I've purchased several pairs from that eBay seller. Everything is authentic but sometimes the lenses do have some marks as stated in the listings.

 

[CSousley]

I've purchased several pairs from that eBay seller. Everything is authentic but sometimes the lenses do have some marks as stated in the listings.

It seems legit these lenses don’t look to be in too bad of shape I doesn’t seem like

 

[CSousley]

Agreed with @Broccoli. can you open the sides to adjust the pitch of the temple? If you can do that they are probably real, that would be hard to fake.

How do I check for this? From pics

 

[kmbijit]

The lens tint does look legit. Fakers can't replicate the complex prizm tints and make do with the standard red/green/blue/chrome mirror finish.

 

[Broccoli]

 

[WildWires]

How do I check for this? From pics

Here are the steps, the hatch is the ‘round thing’ on the temple, there is a notch on the bottom you can use a fingernail to open the first time, it will open a bit hard the first time.

1. open the hatch on the temple. the first time this will take a little effort. Notice the long pin location in the middle hole and the arrow facing straight backward.

2. adjust the arm up or down to fit your preference.

3. turn the pegs so the long peg goes in the hole which corresponds to which angle you turned the temples (if you angled the temples down, the arrow needs to point down and the long pin lines up with the bottom hole and likewise on top).

4. once the pegs are lined up to the correct holes shut the hatch until it clicks.

hope that helps, step 3 was the tricky one for me to figure out.

 

[leestripes]

^Yeah this seller normally has several of each pair that he puts on eBay. I'm sure that he's got a connection with someone at hq. He had several Kato x a while back and I purchased 2 of them and some sutros. All are legit.