Bear Grylls Knife

TOB9595 said:
I want to see this knife in hand.
It is a fine lookin piece and the sheath is also.
I'm looking forward to your review.
Tom
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I did a short comparison today over on Scrap Yard Kife Forums. I compared the Bear Grylls knife to Scrap Yard's Yard Keeper. Cut down a small tree (shrub) and did some batoning with it. Seems pretty tough so far. Cuts well and stays sharp. It handles well, too. I'll have a more extensive comparison test including other well known knives on this forum, maybe next week.
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That's a sharp looking knife. If I had the $$$ I would pull the trigger on one. Bear Grylls is cool. I can't wait for new episodes to come on.
 
Someone made a good point, "if we were really concerned about getting our moneys worth we would all own nothing but Moras. I much prefer LES's show and style.
That was a great review over on the Scrapyard forum that HD did if you are interested in
either the Bear knife or the Scrapper check it out.
 
i am sure its "ok" but for $600+???

i can think of a few busses or customs i would prefer myself, but thats just me.
 
The hotel thing has more to do with liability issues than toughness. Who foots the bill if the guy gets malaria?
You can't question Bear's toughness. The guy broke his back at 21, and then climbed up and down Mt. Everest at 23. The youngest guy to do it.
The physical therapy (yoga) and discipline he needed to accomplish it, most of us will never know.
 
yeah i agree

its just that hes taking it too easy with his show

and "teaching' wrong and potentially dangerous things
 
jdowell said:
The hotel thing has more to do with liability issues than toughness. Who foots the bill if the guy gets malaria? How many people come down with malaria on the hawaiian islands?
You can't question Bear's toughness. The guy broke his back at 21, and then climbed up and down Mt. Everest at 23. The youngest guy to do it.
The physical therapy (yoga) and discipline he needed to accomplish it, most of us will never know.
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There are plenty of young people who could climb everest if they had the money. It is very cost prohibitive to climb.
 
heheh i remember a show/docu with sum guy climbing all the way to the summit of mount everest

WITHOUT LEGS!!!

he had two prostethic legs

i think he was awesome, completely humiliating everybody else who was healthy and didnt make it hehee
 
I like the little indentation were your middle finger falls back into. Does this feel more usefull?
 
Malaria was just an example. There are any number of ways the guy could get hurt or killed. Besides, it's not REAL, it's a tv show. Even the so called 'reality' shows are all contrived. T.V. is not survival. It's usually a pretty good living..
I bet Les and Bear could do ok in a 'real' survival situation. Better than most of the population.
Anyways, I think that knife looks sweet. If you got the jing, and want the knife, why not?
 
Uh ... you paid $675 for that knife? You're in Georgia, so you live close enough to Florida to know we've got a lot of fine swampland down here we can make you an excellent deal on. :D You got any loot left?

I'm not really trying to insult anybody, but that just seems like a ridiculous amount to charge for a fairly ordinary seeming knife. Yeah, yeah, I'm just a cheap old bastard, but still... :eek:
 
Well I hope you enjoy the new toy, but I can't see spending that kind of money. I love my gerber gator for woods work. It's tough and yet comfy:D
 
As much as I am NOT one to have trophy knives, at the price paid for that thing, I would keep it in mint condition as a collectable piece of history, and trust my life to a Ranger or Busse or something.

From a collector stand point, if Bear does get cancelled, and later redeams himself, that knife could go up in value. I'm taking a shot in the dark to say they probably didn't sell a whole heck of a lot of them.
 
Horn Dog said:
I did a short comparison today over on Scrap Yard Kife Forums. I compared the Bear Grylls knife to Scrap Yard's Yard Keeper. Cut down a small tree (shrub) and did some batoning with it. Seems pretty tough so far. Cuts well and stays sharp. It handles well, too. I'll have a more extensive comparison test including other well known knives on this forum, maybe next week.
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Looking forward to hearing about it.
 
Hey Horn,

Really appreciate the pics.
Thanks for all of the info - and I'm really looking forward to the rest of your review.

Also - That is one sweeeeet collection - all the way around :thumbup:
 
For that kind of money, you can buy a Leatherman Surge/Core, a Cold Steel SRK, an Ontario RAT-7, a Becker BK7, a bunch of survival items, and still have money left over.
 
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