Question about baby royal clown knives

[Aw3s0m3]

How can you tell a baby royal from a normal? My lfs has baby royal clown knives but I know baby normals also have stripes. I just want to make sure that I'm getting an actual royal and not getting jipped.


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[808_fairladyz]

Even juveniles have lateral stripes on its tail. Regular Ck will have dots only.

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[808_fairladyz]

Is it lateral or vertical? I can't remember. I'm having a brain fart. Vertical lines I think.

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[benzjamin13]

Depends on what you consider a Juvie. I tend to think that a juvie is around 4"-10" And at that size, it should be easy to determine RCKs from CKs. As for babies (under 4")...it can be a bit tricky, but RCKs and CKs are basically opposites as babies. CKs will have a stripe pattern (thick, but faint stripes unlike a normal juvie/adult RCK patterns where they are thin and irregular) Baby RCKs have a lot of little spots (not like CKs, but more like a Cheetah)