Chance of gerber making a comeback for us wood loafers.

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Saw this gerber over at NG's, S30V, fulltang freeman hunter. I like it....
http://www.newgraham.com/detail.aspx?ID=44871

avalible with and without gut hook.
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I'll Second that.:cool::thumbup:

I like the Gerber USA knives too, when I can find them.
 
Looks solid to me! Great steel, nice blade shape, slabs held by hex-screws. Not so sure about how comfortable all those ridges are in the tang below the handle. I'd prefer the slabs and tang to be flush.

The non-gut hook version appears to have a hollow grind while the Gut-hook above looks flat....Flat would be preferrable.

Good price!
 
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I also like this version, S30V and cocabalo. Cabellas also has the folder version.
 
Why must soo many decent designs end up with a hollow grind? Such a waste...

Ditto the ridges at the handle though, a simpler design would be cheaper and more comfortable.
 
SpookyPistolero said:
Why must soo many decent designs end up with a hollow grind? Such a waste...
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aint that the truth, and I dont know if I would put up with the guthook or not, I did with my revolver H, I use the gut hook for small limbs pencil sized, makes great points.
 
Oh I think I can live with that one - certainly aesthetically I can!!!!
 
I use to love Gerbers years ago. Pretty much stay away from them as quality blades these days. Too gimmicky. Also have had problems with their multitools. I guess like anything there are exceptions. Just my.02.
 
YYEESS, SP can you imagine that with a full flat grind, or even SCANDI!........ yeah I know.
 
jh205 said:
They're garbage compared to a Bark River, Fallkniven or a good Scandi.
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how do you see garbage? of course they dont carry the name of BRK&T, or fallkniven, but this knife in particular has its faults gauranteed, that doesnt make it garbage.

Morablades said:
I don't know. I used a Freeman for two years and it did very well. It was a low maintenance blade, stayed very sharp.
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As did I, not for two years mind you, but it held up farly well.
 
the non-gut hook version that i held in the store was saber flat ground, not hollow ground. sharp edge on it too, i don't know if that was straight out of the box or if they sharpen up their knives for display, but it was sharp.
 
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