Does anyone like Gerber knives?

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So, I was at my local Wal-Mart yesterday picking up a few things, and I decided to stop by sporting goods to see if they finally had any new Enduras in. Well, I didn't walk away with an Endura, but I did walk away with a Gerber Icon and an Evo. I've only owned one Gerber before now, and needless to say, it was a piece of crap. I have no idea why I asked the guy to see these, but I'm glad I did. They seem pretty good for budget blades. Lock up is solid, ergonomics are good, and they're actually pretty damn sharp. The boxes didn't specify what kind of steel the blades are, but I'm guessing something like 440 a, or maybe some 8cr. Also, I find it amusing that they, umm, "borrowed" the Evo's design from CRKT.

Anyway, the entire point is... does anyone like Gerber? They're certainly not a great company, but surely somebody's found a nice little blade or two?
 
I had an old paraframe 2, years ago, I loved it. It was my first framelock larger blade. Since then I've gotten my hands on higher quality stuff so I don't think I'd like them anymore.
 
HardTripper said:
Short answer, No. Long answer, Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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Lol, ok. I obviously phrased it wrong.

Does anybody have a Gerber that they don't toss in their sock drawer when showing off their Spydies and Gold Class knives?
 
I had a couple in the late 70's/early 80's, and they were some of the best knives made at the time. Not so much anymore.

I still have a Gerber multi tool from about 20/25 years ago, and it is very well made. A friend of mine bought one about 10 years ago, and when closed it would rattle when you shook it.
 
I love my Shard it might be the best thing they have made for them with their name on it. It's the only Gerber I've ever owned and I'm not sure that will change.
 
They're owned by Fiskars, so they don't have the knifey company feel that they used to. They still make great US Made knives for the money, and has a few sleepers in the low end that are good knives. The have good hatchets and saws (surprise, just like Fiskars), used to make great multitools, though they've disco'd most of the good ones. They carry a good lineup of NSN military knives and multitools. Go the most surplus stores and you find used Gerbers. They aim their knives at the mass merchant, non knife nut crowd. Not bad, just what they are. I have several of their US blades, and I love them. None have failed. They have top notch customer service, BTW.
 
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