Gerber Strongarm in Magnacut

[Thos Fett]

StrongArm - MagnaCut | Gerber

The iconic Strongarm is Gerber’s best-selling fixed blade for a reason. With a full tang blade and rubberized diamond-texture grip, this is a knife you can rely on for decades to come. The MOLLE-compatible multi-mount sheath system is the first of its kind and offers optimal customization. Now...

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Just came across the above. Has anyone else seen any word on this? If i can find one I would need some discouragement as to why it wont be good.

 

[SharpBits]

Other than the bump in price, I can see no reason for it to be bad. They don't list the hardness of the blade, so I would wonder if they ran it a bit softer for toughness over edge holding?

 

[The True North]

Can't imagine their heat-treatment on this is going to be stellar.

 

[goldie]

Its probably going to be around 200.00 i bet not sure if its worth it....

 

[jbmonkey]

Its probably going to be around 200.00 i bet not sure if its worth it....

that's kinda my thought on it. the likely premium price point, isn't gonna make me interested on that particular knife over the 420hc version.

 

[knarfeng]

I have the 420HC version. It's a good knife, but it's a "generalist" design. Does everything pretty well, but isn't stellar at any particular usage.
Figure out what you want the knife to do. If edge holding is a major factor in that usage, then the Magnacut version might be worthwhile. But for a "general outdoors knife", likely not worth it.

 

[DocJD]

For $100 , you can buy, on sale now , a 3V SRK Cold Steel .

 

[SharpBits]

For $100 , you can buy, on sale now , a 3V SRK Cold Steel .

Strong argument!

 

[Drop bear]

Magnacut basically doesn't rust though.

Which is a big draw for some.

 

[Roguer]

There is a 420 hc stone washed non coated model if you want a non coated but still Strongarm strong.