Gerber Love thread.

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mcrow

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I figured since Gerber takes a beating around here we could have a thread about Gerber knives you like. Believe it or not they do make some good knives these days.

I personally like:

Instant, open assist folder. Good budget folder for EDC.

AR 3.00,
Metolus
EZ Out Jr.


All seem like solid budget EDC knives.

LMF II and Prodigy are solid Fixed blades.

Just want to give some love to some knives nobody seems to like. :D
 
well, I will purchase a steadfast soon to replace the rubber handle with a stacked leather, seems to have a solid construction and really like the blade profile. I also have 2 gators, one of them has been with me for the last 12 years and allowed me to learn how to use a stone, awesome folder.
 
I hope Gerber continues with US production that improves the standing of the company. Looking at their history, Gerber really were the innovators and industry leaders in implementing new designs and materials up until they were bought by Fiskars. When your company had men like Bob Loveless, Al Mar, and Blackie Collins designing knives, and were using M2, Vascowear, micarta, the bolt-action lock, the axial lock, and the Rolox, it is quite a fall to end up making the Paraframe.
 
Not a diehard Gerber fan, but I have several and none have yet failed, or caused the collapse of civilization.
 
My old school upbringing has me somehow attached to Gerber knives. I remember when they were all made in the U.S. and have some older Gators that are fantastic field dressing and hunting knives. Heavily used, solid, and still sharp with minor touch ups. I have an LMF II ASEK which is my truck knife, since it has little practical purpose for me. It was an impulse buy. The blade steel is terrible. I also have a very nice Silver Trident single serration which is a great knife, 154CM steel is excellent on it, but also have no practical use for it. I just picked up a Bell & Carlson fixed Gator in S30V on clearance at that huge hunting/fishing store from Nebraska. ;) This will be a great jeep knife while hunting, and the price is too good to pass up. The small camp axe combo and exchange-a-blade saw have served me well for over a decade. Here's the Gerber love summary:

Silver Trident Single Serration
LMF II
Several folding Gators
S30V fixed blade gator
Exchange-a-blade saw
Small camp axe/knife in handle combo
 
They fill a niche for sure. I have no problems with them. I carry a Shard on my keychain daily. I've also had a Gator for almost a decade and a half that is a fantastically comfortable knife.

I still want to get a Mark II. I have no use for it, but I like the look and history of the knife.
 
Steely_Gunz said:
. . I carry a Shard on my keychain daily . . I still want to get a Mark II. I have no use for it, but I like the look and history of the knife.
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Ditto on both. I like the Shard, it's nice and simple.

I own a Mk II even though it's of little practical use. It's just a wicked looking blade and has a history to it.
 
A guy at work has a Gerber Combat Folder Applegate(?) I really want it!! It is bad @ss!!
 
I have a soft spot for the Gerber company of yore as well.
Not for most of the present day knives. Has a Paraframe a while ago - what a POS.
I really like my old MKIIs (no serrations), MKIs and my coffin handle Bowie.
 
I got a feelin' it's gonna be a quiet thread, personally all the Gerbers I have and like we're all made in the 70s- 80s the only more modern Gerbers I like are the discontinued SL 3.25 series done in Carbon Fiber and G-10 with ATS-34 steel and a titanium liner lock, although they are all discontinued ya can still find 'em on the secondary market for about $60 or so.

This is a really nice EDC blade, a little under 3 inch blade with carbon fiber scales, light as hell, low ride clip, decent ergonomics, in my opinion an under rated knife.
 
I had a Gerber lockback in the late 70's that was very well made, and wish I still had it. It was one of the best I've seen.
Had a Gator about 20 years ago, and it was decent.
I still have one of ther multi tools from aound 20 years ago, and it is very well made.

My friend bought one of their Multi Tools about 7/8 years ago and it was a piece of junk. You could shake it and the blades would rattle. I'm not impressed with anything they make these days, but their price is very low now. Wish they could get back to making knives like they once did, but I dought that will happen. Puma is another company that once made great knives in the 70's/80's, and has went downhill since.
 
I've always liked the looks of the LMF 2, I'd have no problem carrying one.

I have a Gerber multi tool that's seen use off and on for over ten years and it has performed very well. The only issue I've ever had with it was when I cut the shank of a fish hook with it's wire cutters and boogered up their edge. A file fixed that.
 
Two knives I regret selling are both Gerbers.
Had a bolt action switcheroo
and an ABSOLUTE MINT 1st gen combat wasp waist cast handle dagger (whatever it was called...I don't like thinking about it)
:(
 
Don't forget the Gerber Silver Knight series from the late 70s-80s these assets made in Seki Japan and the fit and finish in them is some of the best bar none for a production knife.
 
Gerber Carbon Fiber SL 3.25

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Gerber Silver Knights

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I remember Gerbers from back in the day and was always impressed with them.
About a year ago, I bought a Freeman folder, it was the absolute worst piece of junk ever.
Today it seems as if Gerber has downgraded themselves to selling zombie apocalypse gear and tagging everything with "ultimate".
It really is too bad because, aside from Buck, I was raised on the brand.
 
Actually it was giving a friend my old gerber that got me back into knives (there were a few other steps in between, but that was the starter). I bought a first generation Applegate Fairbairn covert folder the year they came out. I was probably 10 or 11 (they've been out for like 15 years right?) and ordered it from a knife magazine. I was super into knives as a kid and carried that thing everywhere except school with me everyday through 4 years of college. It cut kindling, went camping, stabbed the side of beer cans for shotgunning (it was college), cut countless boxes and envelopes, was used in the kitchen and around the grill and traveled with me on more road trips than I can remember. I ended up giving it to a friend when we graduated as he had become rather partial to it himself over the years. I can't say it was the quality of a Sebenza or anything crazy like that, and since it isn't in my possession anymore I can't really systematically compare it to my other knives, but I do know that after all of those years the thing still locked up rock solid and was a fine looking knife.
 
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