Gerber Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife

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I absolutely love my gerber LMF II .......but honestly for the money i believe Cold Steel is one of the best knife companies for the money.
 
ursamajor said:
I have a Gerber Suspension. I found out from a reviewer on Amazon that some of the Suspensions are made in China, and some are made in Taiwan. The MIT ones tend to be better. So I Cherry picked at Wally World, and had to check 3 before I got the MIT one.
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I ended up getting a Stanley multi-tool for $9. Not as fancy but the pliers are actually better, it was made in China too, but at least it had a "Made in China" price. And it wasn't broke out of box and has the Stanley lifetime warranty. And since I've used Stanley hand tools for over 30 years with no problems, I thought why should I buy a tool from a knife company? Why not buy one from a tool company?
 
J.Davey said:
I remember bringing this same query up about somehigher end knives that had only one side-steel liners (ZT Hinderer) or even some of the new TriadLock CS knives that have NO steel liners, and it seemed pretty unanimous that, as long as the handle and lock are strong enough, the lack of steel liners means little-to-nothing in the knife's overall strength and quality.

So, I ask, could it be that we're nitpicking over these folders because they're Gerber and Bear Grylls? Is there a bit of a double standard?
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There is plastic and again there is plastic. I don't like folders without steel liners, yet CS has done a fair job using appropriate design and good plastic.
 
EasternCherokee said:
I ended up getting a Stanley multi-tool for $9. Not as fancy but the pliers are actually better, it was made in China too, but at least it had a "Made in China" price. And it wasn't broke out of box and has the Stanley lifetime warranty. And since I've used Stanley hand tools for over 30 years with no problems, I thought why should I buy a tool from a knife company? Why not buy one from a tool company?
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Yeah I gave one of those to my 12 year old. It was solid as a rock, and I would have gotten one from myself too, but the damned thing doesnt have any scissors.
 
EasternCherokee said:
I ended up getting a Stanley multi-tool for $9. Not as fancy but the pliers are actually better, it was made in China too, but at least it had a "Made in China" price. And it wasn't broke out of box and has the Stanley lifetime warranty. And since I've used Stanley hand tools for over 30 years with no problems, I thought why should I buy a tool from a knife company? Why not buy one from a tool company?
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BTW, here is a side by side of the Gerber Suspension, and the Bear Grylls Gerber Multitool.

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The only difference is the gimmicky styling, and Bear Grylls name.

Oh and the price, the Suspension runs between $23-$30, and the Bear Grylls Multitool runs between $38-$52.

Who says "What's in a name?"
 
J.Davey said:
I remember bringing this same query up about somehigher end knives that had only one side-steel liners (ZT Hinderer) or even some of the new TriadLock CS knives that have NO steel liners, and it seemed pretty unanimous that, as long as the handle and lock are strong enough, the lack of steel liners means little-to-nothing in the knife's overall strength and quality.

So, I ask, could it be that we're nitpicking over these folders because they're Gerber and Bear Grylls? Is there a bit of a double standard?
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Agreed. Steel liners don't make a difference is the scales are made out of the proper materials. I have a lot of very hard use knives that are linerless (Ray Laconico makes his slippies without liners for instance) and they are some of the toughest folders I have.

How do you use the knife so that a lack of liners would affect its toughness?
 
then its the crappy plastic there using

Would g10 drive the price up too much
 
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Just out of curiosity, I've been watching and asking at local Wal Marts, and the fixed blade version sure has been selling well.
 
sadly because about 90% of the population is knife illiterate

he should have went to tops or more preferably Becker/Kabar
 
cnas122 said:
Agreed. Steel liners don't make a difference is the scales are made out of the proper materials. I have a lot of very hard use knives that are linerless (Ray Laconico makes his slippies without liners for instance) and they are some of the toughest folders I have.

How do you use the knife so that a lack of liners would affect its toughness?
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What are some "tough" liner-less folders you'd recommend? I don't mean thin slippies or dress-knife scalpels... I mean something comparable to this BG or a SOG trident. I do a decent amount of twisting/prying/pressing with my folders
and the amount of flex I got when experimenting with the Trident made me too nervous to purchase it. Maybe I'm just chicken?
 
that's why i like the metolius even thought i don't do a lot of twisting with it its held up to decent work

and it has a glowing review from woodsmonkey
 
I picked up one last week and have beat the hell out of it,batoned a few 2x4 etc.the pommel seems sound.The steel is 7Cr17Mov so it's like 440A.kinda soft but easy to resharpen.The serrations suck due the soft stainless they rolled but where easy again to touch up.maybe they have solved the handle issue?
I tried touching up the edge with supplied sharpener and keep hitting the soft
plastic sheath.I use a redi-edge now to touch-up the blade.I don't like the shape of the fire steel handle uncomfortable to use.coating is wearing off pretty fast.
 
Just came back from two weeks jungle op. I took the BG UK, the Folder and the Scout knife. I used the BG UK for everthing from cutting plant fibers for cordage, bamboo for shelters, hammock etc, making fire sticks, "fat" pine for kindling, oak for fuel, and gutting small game for food. I personaly don't like serrations, however, the knife worked well, whatever I used it for.
I used a "Latsky Sharpener" as I tended to blunt the blade more with the one on the sheath. Other change I made was to; put the BG UK sheath on the frog from my Prodigy (only needed a few modifications, and the Prodigy fits in the BG UK sheath anyway), although I prefer the BG UK because its not 'pointy' on the pommel. I found that the BG UK frog is too sharp on the top corners and sticks into me, the Prodigy frog is soft.
On arrival back in "El Norte" I stopped off at a Bass Pro Shop and got a BG Parang. Didn't need it for the op but to "complete the collection"!!!!
Lost a couple of knives in Africa, same colour as the ground! so..orange is fine by me...nothing you can't cover with gaffer tape on a tactical op.
So far, havn't used the Folder (used the BG UK for everything!) and have the Scout to try out as an EDC.
 
Well I heard they fixed the issue but we'll see,mine should be here later on today and I'll make some videos of me testing it in batoning,sawing,hacking,firestarting and sharpening and afterwords I'll make a table top review,honestly I bought this for the novelty of it.

NOTE:If I get one of first versions I'm going to keep it in the package so it may go up in value so if you don't see me posting the videos that means I received an old model.
 
beta464 said:
NOTE:If I get one of first versions I'm going to keep it in the package so it may go up in value so if you don't see me posting the videos that means I received an old model.
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Is there a way to tell from the packaging which one you have?
 
Yes, the older ones have a thin (1.5 mm) orange plastic line between the pommel and the handle. The "Mark II" have a 3mm widening to 6mm plastic orange section. The outer package looks identical.
 
Thanks. Man our local WM's can't keep the fixed blade in....mixed bag I guess, it's probably better than the knives many folks will buy, and worse than others.
 
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