Bear Grylls Knife

TAH said:
You missed one of the movie prop knives by about three years. Although, I doubt that the aluminum blade would be much to review. :D

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http://www.pccord.com/crocodile_dundee.htm

Why not buy The Edge movie knife and review it? :)

http://www.lyttleknives.com/gedgcm.htm
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I was joking. I think I'll stay away from reviewing celebrity survival knives for a while. Thinking abut doing a comparison between the Fosters J Fears Survival, Mora 2000 Survival, Grohmann #4 Survival, and the Ritter Mk3 Survival knife. All of these have "survival" in their name. I can think of many other maybe better knives, but they aren't called survival knives by the manufacturer. I would like to include a Fallkniven, but I don't have one to test.
 
If Pee Wee was playing with a knife in that movie theater, it would have been a whole other story!!
 
Bear Grylls' one act of good judgment was to have a good, skilled knifemaker build his blade. That's about it. It's a high-quality piece. Bear's name makes it too expensive, but it's a good piece.
 
Horn Dog, hola

Appreciating your efforts amigo. It would be easy to pamper such an investment knife and safe-queen it, or play it up as a magic wand because of what it cost. Stickin' it along side some comparable knives and declaring it's not as tough as..., and it is right up there with a Mora for slicing..., sends up flags of a no BS approach to evaluation. The opposite is unfortunate and frighteningly common. Such is the case with Porsches here. The car is often damned because of the association with some drivers of them, and that tells us bugger all about what a Porsche is capable of.
 
Great review, thanks! :thumbup:
I think Man vs. Wild is a very funny and entertaining show. I wouldn't ever climb down waterfalls or try to tame a wild horse (still need my jaw and teeth...), I'll even pass on the fresh elephant poo juice, but the show is entertaining and I couldn't do what Grylls does.

The knife may be overpriced, but be honest to yourselves, many (popular) knives are are. I remember similarly priced knives with worse design, worse ergonomics, worse finish and cheap cord wrapped handles plus a cheap nylon sheath from people who are more of a fake than Grylls will ever be.
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Horn Dog said:
I sure hope the next knife I review won't be so contoversial. Judging by what I've seen on this forum, it can't be a Cold Steel.
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LOL, I didn't notice that before. I actually like the looks and feel of the AK-47 folder model, I just can't seem to find it with G-10, just the aluminum handle. If you wrote a review about cold steel I can (at least say for myself) say that I wouldn't bite ya in the a$$ for it, but some other guys will :D.
 
DocArnie said:
I wouldn't ever climb down waterfalls
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He had safety gear.

or try to tame a wild horse (still need my jaw and teeth...),
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Horse was tame. It was broght in from a local ranch. Still had it's shoes on.

I'll even pass on the fresh elephant poo juice, but the show is entertaining and I couldn't do what Grylls does.
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I'm sure this was faked. If not, then that stupidity alone should prove he doesn't have a clue.
 
batosai117 said:
LOL, I didn't notice that before. I actually like the looks and feel of the AK-47 folder model, I just can't seem to find it with G-10, just the aluminum handle. If you wrote a review about cold steel I can (at least say for myself) say that I wouldn't bite ya in the a$$ for it, but some other guys will :D.
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Forgive me, for I have sinned! My favorite old swamp knife was one of the early CS 1095 small kukris. Here it is along with some of my other old cheap stuff that works.

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Bailey knives aren't the only blades that cost far more than they're worth.

I recently handled the newest model of a brand that gets huge amounts of press in this forum. It was nice, but it wasn't as well designed, or made, as a couple other knife brands I have. Compared to a similar style knife I own, it was half the knife, at twice the price!
But it had 'the name'.
 
bearcut said:
Bailey knives aren't the only blades that cost far more than they're worth.

I recently handled the newest model of a brand that gets huge amounts of press in this forum. It was nice, but it wasn't as well designed, or made, as a couple other knife brands I have. Compared to a similar style knife I own, it was half the knife, at twice the price!
But it had 'the name'.
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Gee. That was specific. :rolleyes:
 
Sorry to be all ill about Bear and everything. I'm a little sour after my 20 year old in the special forces dived into a recently global warming thawed glacial aquifer in Iceland with his clothes on and never resurfaced after watching Man vs Wild. He had his Bear Gryllis knife griped by only his teeth, while holding it at the front of his mouth. He was planning on using it on some dead goats local farmers had left on the other side of the bank beside a gas grill, so he wouldn't have to find his own food or go hungry. We were just getting used to having him alive after he spent 2 weeks trapped in an ice fissure he had crashed into after paragliding over the top of Mount Everest. He was resqued. We thought he was dead.

He had survived being stung on the lip while eating scorpions and a cobra bite when showing how to hold one, just for the heck of it. He was holding snakes when it wasn't even at church service. What will I tell his young 18 month old son who appears to already be drinking only his own urine when he is thirsty? We were just getting the grandson out of therapy. He seems to have an infatuation with the Patel owned Holiday Inn's he sees as we drive by. He is especially drawn to these Holiday Inn's and even worse, those budget Holiday Inn Express's, for heavens sakes, when it's a little above or below 70 degrees outside, or if misquitos or ticks or, and I hate to say it because it's so pathetic, when common houseflies are out. I can take the Holiday Inn's, as they would be endorsed by Bear, but Bear wouldn't be caught dead in a Holiday Inn Express. Nats are even becoming bothersome to this toddler's comfort when camping and he goes into the tent when they are buzzing about. He says, can we go see Uncle Patel?

Who will teach this young fatherless boy how to field dress camels and grill out camel steaks for him left by Middle Eastern toothless desert wanderers on Friday nights? Who will teach him how to turn his nose up, pinch his nose, whence and gag when he's offered a local third world delicacy food(the only nutrition found in more than 100 square miles)from some starving skin and bones looking human, well, maybe sub-human to the upper class hotel stayin good life living Englishman Bear. He won't have anyone to teach him how to eat grub worms, let alone goat balls, now that he has no dad.

Poor kid. The horrors, the horrors.
 
LMAO....that's one hell of a response Silverdagger, looks like the flaming is about to begin........

*loud scream* Mortal Combat!!!!

Silverdagger VS. Horn Dog.....FIGHT

*mortal combat music plays*

Horn Dog - first move - gives good review about knife :)

Silverdagger - second move - disses the bear grylls knife and wants it in pink:mad:

Horn Dog - third move - Unleashes the Almighty and calls out Silverdagger :eek:

Silverdagger - fourth move - Throws all powerful Sarcasm :rolleyes:.

Who will win?...........to be continued.....
 
Is this; "The Game Over Strider," thread?? WOW! It's BONKERS!!! I'm heading back to Earth.
 
batosai117 said:
LMAO....that's one hell of a response Silverdagger, looks like the flaming is about to begin........

*loud scream* Mortal Combat!!!!

Silverdagger VS. Horn Dog.....FIGHT

*mortal combat music plays*

Horn Dog - first move - gives good review about knife :)

Silverdagger - second move - disses the bear grylls knife and wants it in pink:mad:

Horn Dog - third move - Unleashes the Almighty and calls out Silverdagger :eek:

Silverdagger - fourth move - Throws all powerful Sarcasm :rolleyes:.

Who will win?...........to be continued.....
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I know when I'm outmatched. A man's got to know his limitations. Silverdagger worked hard on that one. :o
 
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