I just picked up the Gerber Bear Grylls Scout folder from Wally World yesturday. They said they were only going to have a limited run in the store. Now even though I don't like Gerber or Chinese made knives, I though I'd try one out since it was only $20. The Scout is the the middle sized Bear folder. The smaller having no pocket clip and the larger too (But comes with a folder sheath). The blade has a nice hollow grind reaching a length of about 3.25". The handle (about 4") is plastic with a rubber over mold that feels good in the hand. Dual thumb studs and a lever lock complete this folder. Lock-up is tight with no blade play. The pocket clip sits high allowing for tip down deep pocket carry. The handle/pocket clip are put together with Torx screws. The blade has a dark coating and is part serrated. The steel is 7cr17. After looking up the steel type I saw that it's identical to 440A. Thusday evening I used the knife to cut strings and plastic banding. The blade kept it's razor sharp edge after all of that work. Later when I arrived home I sharpened a stake from a stick I found in my yard. Again the blade was able to shave hair off my arm. For $20 you can't go wrong with the bear Grylls Scout knife.
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Bear Grylls Scout folder from Wallyworld
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I prefer the larger of the two, the sheath knife over the little one. It fits my hand better. I didn't like the clip on mine so I cut it off and left the flat part behind as it is needed to tension the screw properly. So far both work well for general purpose cutting and are quite sharp despite my hacking up some cardboard with both of them.
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I bought the folding clip model today and for the price I must say it seems a well thought out utility blade. I particularly like the serrations, they cut well without being too grabby and the handle is VERY comfortable. Personally, I believe the handle of a knife is fully half the utility of the whole. You can have the latest whiz-bang steel and the current fad in blade grinds but if the handle blisters or abrades the skin what good is it? There is nothing spectacular about this knife but if it proves to be durable over time it will be one of my daily users for sure.
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I've been using mine a lot, the Scout and the Ultimate Survival sheath folder, and both actually do just fine, would have liked some steel liners in the sheath folder.
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My Scout, the larger one with the pocket clip, was still shaving after being used to open several plastic blister packages and cardboard boxes and some other regular cutting tasks. After it got used to trim some 1" thick mulch rings that are made from ground up tires around some plants, it finally stopped shaving, but a little time on a ceramic stick had it shaving again, maybe 20 strokes per side, so it hadn't lost much of it's edge. And the partial serrations just ate that mulch ring material up, where a plain edge just couldn't hardly get a hold of it to cut it.
I'm still giving them fairly high marks from my use of them. I know they aren't the super duper high end stuff, but they cut.
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I have been using this one on and off for a week now and honestly, I can't find much wrong with it, I work in a steel fabrication shop running a turret punch so I took it to work. Used it for cutting heavy plastic banding, light fiberglass, cardboard, some kind of laminated plastic/paper stuff and even picked a couple of brass splinters out of my hand. One thing I have noticed is the blade started to develop some side-to-side play after about 5 days of use. When I took it apart to investigate, I fount the pivot screw had a good bit of loctite on it and had not moved. this means that the action of opening and closing the blade had worn down the plastic (delrin?) on either side of the pivot area causing the blade to loosen slightly. Now granted knifenuts are picky but I can only see this problem continuing with regular use BTW the same issue has cropped up in my Kabar Dozier folding hunter (another mis-named knife
). I have tightened up the pivot and re loctited it and its good to go again.
). I have tightened up the pivot and re loctited it and its good to go again.
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Nice pic yobbos1. I started carrying the larger sheath folder last Sat. as my EDC, gonna carry it for a few months and use it for everything to see how it holds up.
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I just talked a gal pal of mine into buying one of these. She had her heart set on something cheap and was a key stroke away from buying a "Humvee" tactical folder. From the above reviews and your postive input, I then steered her to Wally World and she should have one in hand to use this weekend! In all honesty, after reading this, I may put my Strider down for the day and try one of these myself! Thanks guys!
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