Gerber MK II SHOT show FWIW...

The Mark II run was made of three different steels. '66-'79 they were made from L6 (both forged and stock removal). '80-mid '90s they were 440C. The last couple of years they were 440A.
-Mark
 
I hope they also leave that so-called cant off the knife as well. I always thought that was a marketing scam to coverup a quality control mistake. After all Fairbairn and Sykes didn't think it was needed back in their prime days.
 
For no good reason, I'll buy one. I had a Cutlery Shoppe model as a teen back in 1983-4 or so. Sold it to a buddy twenty years ago and the desire for another is what drove me to Bladeforums years ago.

I finally found a late eighties version. Rough but still good. For me it is purely couch potato duty. Too many questions about the carry/use of a dagger when I can legally carry other fixed blades and a handgun with my CCW permit.
 
I kinda been thinkin' what has happened to the AG Russell Sting and how CRKT has made it that much more affordable for mass appeal...
New Gerb. MkII's would probably would be OEMed since a dagger with a perfectly centralized spine and equally perfect symmetrical sides takes a lot more skill to ground.
Production wastages of which cannot be absorbed by companies which aren't prepared to be hampered by strict quality control measures...
 
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