Gerber really disappointed me today

bobobama said:
Comparing them to Benchmade, Spyderco, etc. is like comparing apples to oranges, or Toyotas to Mercedes.
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So, comparing one knife company to another or one car company to another is comparing apples to oranges?

No, it is comparing low quality oranges to higher quality oranges.

Apples to oranges would be comparing CRKT to Mercedes. They both manufacture something but different objects that have entirely differing processes.

Just because you think I am "bashing", doesn't mean I am... You just don't like what I had to say. Even though it was correct, that isn't "bashing", it is the "unabashed" truth.
 
abcdef said:
imho, Toyota has a lot better reputation as a car than Gerber does as a knife.
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And Collies have a better reputation than Presa Canarios.
I have seven Presa's regardless...
I also have, and like the O6 auto.

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What's scarier than that dog is that the girl won't be able to hold on to it when it decides to chase something.

Oh yeah Gerber...
French translation lol
verb
  1. to vomit
  2. to regurgitate the contents of a stomach
 
Sergeua said:
What's scarier than that dog is that the girl won't be able to hold on to it when it decides to chase something.

Oh yeah Gerber...
French translation lol
verb
  1. to vomit
  2. to regurgitate the contents of a stomach
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Much like a Presa Canario...
You can't stop the all new 2017 Gerber '06. Each Gerber 06 Auto features an over-sized release button for use with gloves... oh hell. Who am I foolin'

Vomit huh?
Ps... You're right Sergeua. She doesn't stand a chance.
 
Sorry to double post... I have to ask a completely sincere question.

Lets say you were walking down the street, and suddenly a log cabin, and a pile of boulders fell of a cliff.
You are in just the right spot for it all to surround you in a shell 10 foot thick.

You realize you have your trusty Mac Lite, and can see. There is a box of Twinkie-s so you have food. There is also a rat named George...

You know it will take 3.5 hours of digging because George said so.

In your front pockets you have a Gerber 06, and a Benchmade (whatever the OTF for 3 grand is)

Here is the question part:
Since that Benchmade (or whatever) is SOOOOO MUCH BETTER wouldn't you use that to dig thru the rocks, and logs?
Too many bad arguments in the knife world.
 
Zombie411 said:
Sorry to double post... I have to ask a completely sincere question.

Lets say you were walking down the street, and suddenly a log cabin, and a pile of boulders fell of a cliff.
You are in just the right spot for it all to surround you in a shell 10 foot thick.

You realize you have your trusty Mac Lite, and can see. There is a box of Twinkie-s so you have food. There is also a rat named George...

You know it will take 3.5 hours of digging because George said so.

In your front pockets you have a Gerber 06, and a Benchmade (whatever the OTF for 3 grand is)

Here is the question part:
Since that Benchmade (or whatever) is SOOOOO MUCH BETTER wouldn't you use that to dig thru the rocks, and logs?
Too many bad arguments in the knife world.
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So we had to add one more?
Zombie411 said:
Too many bad arguments in the knife world.
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At that point, it wouldn't matter what you had. That being said, I would expect the Gerber to break first.


I use my knives to cut with, and shovels and picks to dig with.
Right tool for the job...

Which would I prefer to cut things with?
You're right, I would choose the Benchmade (again).
 
Since rats can chew through just about anything and George the rat conveniently speaks English, I'd have him gnaw his way out and go get a team of guys with picks and shovels (or maybe a backhoe) to get me out. :thumbsup: :D
 
NJBillK said:
So we had to add one more?


At that point, it wouldn't matter what you had. That being said, I would expect the Gerber to break first.


I use my knives to cut with, and shovels and picks to dig with.
Right tool for the job...

Which would I prefer to cut things with?
You're right, I would choose the Benchmade (again).
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No changing the parameters in a hypothetical situation. I believe I have made a concrete point (no pun).

I now own two benchmades. They stay in my pocket because I don't have to dig out of log piles.
If I ever do... I'll be sure to put it to good use.
I'm too old to believe what I read on the net anyway... I was making the same noises about Vinyl records years before hi dollar knives were sold like grapes.
 
They lost me so long ago it would be as if I'm talking about the dinosaurs. I think it was a few years after they were sold to fiskars. I had the first production run of their pliers that opened with a flick of the wrist, it was terrible. The original Mark II and all their variants (Guardian, Command, 400 series) were awesome and Im surprised they havent brought all of those back. Their cheaper folders (L.S.T. and Magnum L.S.T.) used to be amazing for the price in fact they were the only Gerbers I kept because I had such great memories using them.
 
TheEdge01 said:
Yeah, I have to agree. I think it would be a better comparison to put the quality of a Gerber knife on the same level as Taurus firearms.
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Whoa there pardner. Please don't throw all Tauruses (Taurusi??) under the Gerber bus.:eek:

I have a Taurus 9 shot 22LR revolver that I have used to dispatch literally 100s of rats, raccoons, skunks, rattlers, copperheads and, sadly, an 18 wheeler-hit dog with nary a failure, misfire or issue, and I have put nearly 1000 rounds through my 9mm Taurus PT111 Gen 2, again with no issues.

The only Gerber I had WAS a Paraframe I found in the parking lot of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. It had enough blade play for an NCAA Basketball tournament. The best thing about it was the pocket clip:thumbsup:, so I kept that and chunked the knife in my scrap metal pile to be recycled.
 
sticknstring73 said:
The original Mark II and all their variants (Guardian, Command, 400 series) were awesome and Im surprised they havent brought all of those back.
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Agreed 100%! If Gerber wants to turn their company around, imo the solution is simple. Return to the formula that worked before. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
Jack_Burton said:
Agreed 100%! If Gerber wants to turn their company around, imo the solution is simple. Return to the formula that worked before. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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And, what was that formula? I mean, that was before Fiskars, so maybe they don't even know what that formula was now. What, 30 years ago? IMHO, Fiskars bled them dry and ruined the company. Things change when you go from a family company to a Corp run by suits and ties.

Just compare the old LST with the new LST. It's sad. I question if they will ever be like before Fiskers bought them. It would be nice if they could though.

They do make a decent MT though. I'll give them that.
 
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