Gerber Still Doesn't Get It

Petunia D. Feeble

Petunia D. Feeble

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Paraphrasing from a recent article on Knifenews:

Gerber is launching its G1 series of knives. These are premium pieces intended for the knife enthusiast; made of premium materials and manufactured by only the most experienced craftsmen...

It's just a Propel auto with Titanium scales and a laminated blade.

Proceeds from the first 20 do go to at AKTI at least.

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•So why is the blade finish all wonky?
•Why is there a rather large section of unsharpened blade above the sharpening choil?
•Why have a damn sharpening choil if you're not going to sharpen down to it?
•Why ship in tip-down configuration when most "enthusiasts" prefer tip-up?
•Why not have a deep carry clip?
•Why use a silly dagger grind that inhibits slicing and makes fixing the piss poor sharpening job that much harder?

It's a step in the right direction, but if this image is an accurate representation of the G1 series Gerber, you'll have to peddle your $500 novelty elsewhere. I'm not buying.
 
The areas where the clip mounts onto the handle are also hideous. As is the clip. As is the big G1 on the blade. Too much!
 
Also why painted clip?
It looks rather "plain" for higher end knife.. nothing wrong with plain, but you would think that some sort of nicer design would be in place here.
 
What Gerber needs to do is get back to their roots and start making the full line of old school Guardians again, as well old designs of the Mark II. If something isn't broken...don't fix it.
 
NJBillK said:
Does this already have a chip in it?
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ETA One more thing...
Wouldn't that dagger grind make it harder or even impossible to mount the knife in a WE, or other fixed sharpening system?
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Not impossible, but it does make it a pain. You just have to clamp on that central ridge and make sure it's evenly spaced.
 
It is probably priced as high as it is for charity. And its a limited first run. As least it is Aogami Blue + 410. Wonder if they actually meant Super Blue...
 
Some executive at Gerber was like "people are buying titanium folders with premium steel for 500 dollars. Let's give the people what they want"

Then they release this and won't understand why it doesn't sell.
 
That deal with the edge not going all the way to the choil/notch drives me nuts. Cold Steel has finally started to move away from that on some models, now Gerber's gonna start doing it? And on a $500 knife no less? *sigh* Also, is that a stonedwash finish on the blade (as in the guy who finished it was stoned at the time)? :D
 
Lapedog said:
Some executive at Gerber was like "people are buying titanium folders with premium steel for 500 dollars. Let's give the people what they want"

Then they release this and won't understand why it doesn't sell.
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No doubt it's probably something similar to this. Why wouldn't someone pay 500+ for a ti folder with a "super steel"
 
$500.00 bucks gives you the right to own that sad excuse of a knife. They got twenty to sell they will be lucky to sell two of them. What a dog somebody please put it down.
 
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