Gerber Bolt Action

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I am looking for info on this knife. What dates where they produced, what are they worth new, and are they any good? I found one at a pawn shop and it seems like a really nice knife, I would like to know more about it.

Thanks!
 
I have a medium sized pocket knife from the mid-1970s and used to have a Parabellum, a large folder. They both have the bolt action and it was a very good action for its time, solid lock in both open and closed positions and easy to use.
 
I have one. I like it a lot for what it is. Paid about $30 for it in the early 90s. Plenty of knives I like better though. I really wish it had an adjustable pivot.

Seems it was really a re-badged Meyerco? Which can be had now with a built in thumbstud for about $50.00, or at least you could last time I checked a few years ago.

Not much of any value to it that I know of.

Phil
 
I think it was a Blackie Collins design that Meyerco took up after Gerber stopped making them. They offered a drop point in addition to the original spear point and the thumb stud. I found I could open my Gerber with pressure against the blade almost as if it had an opening device.
 
i carried one from the mid 80's to the early 90's, good knife handled a lot of camp chores and skinned a few deer. i was able to pull the bolt back and flip the blade open.
 
K man said:
I am looking for info on this knife. What dates where they produced, what are they worth new, and are they any good? I found one at a pawn shop and it seems like a really nice knife, I would like to know more about it.

Thanks!
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I got one as a birthday present back in the 80's. It's a good, lightweight knife, although I don't know what type steel the blade is. It looks like it's flat ground, takes a sharp edge. Pulling back the bolt, it's easy to flick open and closed.
 
I still have my Gerber bolt action and I carried it daily during the early 1990s.

I really, really wish I'd snagged a few of the Meyerco version when I had the chance. They used a better steel (AUS8A) than the Gerber, so it would have been even better (assuming a decent heat treament).

They really are smooth knives, and no thumb stud is necessary for one handed opening. The locking mechanism is really solid, and I wonder why it didn't become more popular.

The drop point blade was a perfect shape, too, and ground thin enough to take a good edge with a little reprofiling of the bevel. A bigger version (perhaps like the blade on the Parabellum), but with the same shape of handle would have been awesome!
 
The Bolt Action mechanism was really ahead of its time. It was simple to operate and locked up fairly well. I had the Parabellum model and have seen these sold for upwards of $150 in new condition. A green handled model for even more! I still have some Bolt Action models in my collection including the Fisherman/ Fillet and 3 blade exchange set!

The Meyercos are of recent manufacture and are made overseas. Not really good quality.

N.
 
phatch said:
I have one. I like it a lot for what it is. Paid about $30 for it in the early 90s. Plenty of knives I like better though. I really wish it had an adjustable pivot.

Seems it was really a re-badged Meyerco? Which can be had now with a built in thumbstud for about $50.00, or at least you could last time I checked a few years ago.

Not much of any value to it that I know of.

Phil
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I paid $15 for the meyerco a couple of years ago.
 
It looks like a well built knife, but one thing that baffled me is that the blade stop is part of the plastic handle :confused:

How well does this hold up over the years? It seems like some blade play would develop after hard cuts.
 
I once owned a drop point knife & a filet knife with the gerber bolt action.

I noticed that if I flicked the blade open or let the release lever snap forward, it would get stuck & I would need a thin screw driver to pry the bolt lever back.

Otherwise I liked the drop point, a lot of blade for the size of the handle.
 
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