[dj_wildthing]

Those Tates were fake (well, I think everyone knows that now) but the easiest way to tell (and you can see that in the pic) is that the leather on the upper looks very 'dull' (in lack of a better word) almost dusty and all fake Tates I've seen look like that. A legit pair looks more shiny.

Anyway, that's what I've always been looking for when spotting fake Tates, I just thought everyone knew.