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Here in Alberta Canada, we've been having a weird and unusually warm winter. With the temps being on the plus side I thought I would check out and see if there was some garage sales and sure enough I found one. It was a hour drive away but it mentioned a box of their fathers hunting stuff including knives so I decided to drive up and see...Well I found one of my grail knives.
I was only 6 years old when this movie came out, but I remember a few years later renting and watching it at my best friends house. I knew nothing about knives but I remember thinking that it was the most awesome knife I had ever seen. I wanted one so badly but as a kid there would be no way I'd get away owning such a thing.
For over 30 years I had no idea what it was and I even had forgotten about it. Till one day a few months ago came across the movie and watched it again. And there was my childhood dream knife but what was it?
Well thankfully with the power of the internet I was able to finally find out what it was (There was a blade forums post about it) A Gerber TAC II.
I've been wanting one really bad the past few months. The problem though was now being an Adult I was having a hard time justifying it. Not only that every time one came up they were not exactly cheap. So I would talk myself out of it. Well this knife was so cheap I couldn't say no!
This thing is AWESOME! I feel like it completely sums up the 80's for me...
But that wasn't the only knife...
I also picked up this cool vintage Russell Canadian Belt knife from I believe 1964. It's thanks to this forum that I even knew what it was as before coming here I never knew these even existed. I really like having a made in Canada legend like this.
The handle is surprisingly comfortable
This thing is great for chopping into stuff. I can't wait to go camping in the summer with it.
The Tac II wasn't the only Gerber they had. I was also able to pick up this cool bolt action. I hear constantly how Spyderco ripped off Benchmade with the bolt action lock lol..No they didn't Gerber had bolt actions way back in the 80's! Really Gerber missed the boat with these, they should have updated them with a clip and a thumb stud as it's a great little EDC.
Not a great pic but I also picked up this 2nd Gen Mariner. I finally have a vintage Spyderco to ad to my Spyderco collection.
Last but not least I also got this interesting Gerlach knife that was made in Poland. I don't know any history about it yet, and it's way larger then it looks. The only issue is it takes an incredible amount of finger strength to unlock the blade LOL.
I was only 6 years old when this movie came out, but I remember a few years later renting and watching it at my best friends house. I knew nothing about knives but I remember thinking that it was the most awesome knife I had ever seen. I wanted one so badly but as a kid there would be no way I'd get away owning such a thing.
For over 30 years I had no idea what it was and I even had forgotten about it. Till one day a few months ago came across the movie and watched it again. And there was my childhood dream knife but what was it?
Well thankfully with the power of the internet I was able to finally find out what it was (There was a blade forums post about it) A Gerber TAC II.
I've been wanting one really bad the past few months. The problem though was now being an Adult I was having a hard time justifying it. Not only that every time one came up they were not exactly cheap. So I would talk myself out of it. Well this knife was so cheap I couldn't say no!
This thing is AWESOME! I feel like it completely sums up the 80's for me...
But that wasn't the only knife...
I also picked up this cool vintage Russell Canadian Belt knife from I believe 1964. It's thanks to this forum that I even knew what it was as before coming here I never knew these even existed. I really like having a made in Canada legend like this.
The handle is surprisingly comfortable
This thing is great for chopping into stuff. I can't wait to go camping in the summer with it.
The Tac II wasn't the only Gerber they had. I was also able to pick up this cool bolt action. I hear constantly how Spyderco ripped off Benchmade with the bolt action lock lol..No they didn't Gerber had bolt actions way back in the 80's! Really Gerber missed the boat with these, they should have updated them with a clip and a thumb stud as it's a great little EDC.
Not a great pic but I also picked up this 2nd Gen Mariner. I finally have a vintage Spyderco to ad to my Spyderco collection.
Last but not least I also got this interesting Gerlach knife that was made in Poland. I don't know any history about it yet, and it's way larger then it looks. The only issue is it takes an incredible amount of finger strength to unlock the blade LOL.
