New Gerber

[Booger]

I saw a Gerber I think is new on the back cover of my Tactical Knives magazine.It is called the Freeman,it is a fxed blade drop point.Has anyone seen this and where can you get one?Thanks.

 

[Wunderbar]

I just handled one at a local outdoor store. The fit and finish is perfect. Real nice wood handles. It has a BB finish and a nice leather sheath similar to the Benchmade Outbounder (I think that's what it's called.) It does say Taiwan on the blade. The blade is about 3-3.5 inches long. I think they said that the blade wasmade of surgical steel though. :grumpy:

 

[TheMightyGoat]

Originally posted by Wunderbar
I think they said that the blade was made of surgical steel though. :grumpy:

I don't know anything about surgical steel ... why does it make you grumpy?

 

[DaveH]

When a company says surgical steel rather than naming the steel specifically, that's market speak for "the cheapest steel we could find."

 

[Wunderbar]

Exactly. Surgical steel is catagorized as several different versions of 420. Some Surgical steels aren't even very stain resistant.

 

[RangerBobMedic]

It's AUS-8 in the Freeman guys.

 

[UltraSteele]

Walmart would have the Freeman, and many outdoor sports places would too.

In New England Galyan's, Eastern Mountain Sports, and Sports Authority all carry Gerber, and have had a selection of Gerber fixed blades often. I'd be very surprised if this wasn't available in all those places...