Gerber Lst

[Mulerider]

I've carried my LST for over a week and I am very satisfied with it. Still made in the USA, this knife is a real bargain and can hold its own.

Yes, it can more than hold its own. I've been carrying the same LST daily for almost five years now. The blade lockup is still perfectly tight. It's the only Gerber that I own so I can't speak to the quality of their other models, but the LST is a great little knife.

[hatch]

My best friend gave me a green-handled Gerber LST about 1980 which I believe is the year they came out, and it had the L.L. Bean brand on it. Designed by Pete Gerber, it was the first folding knife to have an all-plastic handle (no metal liners or bolsters). Lightest and slimmest knife I have ever owned, and I used it constantly on the job and on the trail and on the river. Had a Schrade similar but not quite as handy. Put a thumb stud on the Schrade, but the Gerber, I could pinch the blade with thumb and forefinger and push the handle away with one hand. Only fault I had with that knife, before it was stolen along with most of my others, was that it was so slim and light that I had to keep checking my pocket to make sure it was still there.