Request information on Gerber BMF

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Hello everybody, Does anybody have experience with this particular knife by Gerber? Is it too heavy for its intend purpose?? And also do they have 2 BMF version?? (one 8" and one 9") (not the LMF version)
Thanks in advance!!

-Mike
 
For what it's worth, I have one BMF with sawtheeth, one LMF w\o sawteeth and one with. They have never cut anythibg since I've had them. I saw a user for sale and it looked like it held up well under abuse. I do not feel that they are too heavy. As far as I know only the BMF and LMF with or w\o sawteeth were offered in the same respective lengths.

sarge
 
I have owned a couple of these fine knives. They are very light for their size, but also very stout. The knife feels VERY comfortable
"in hand", due to the "Hypalon" handle, and the balance is excellent.

As far as I know, the BMF only came in the one (large) size.

Also, stay-away from the model with the "saw-back" as that saw is completly useless, and will catch on everything.
 
The BMF originally came out in an 8 inch version, either sawbacked or plain back. The blade shape is reminiscent of a Randall No. 1. Cutlery Shoppe requested that a nine inch version be made, with only a single guard, called the Predator, I think? After that, Gerber changed the regular model to be 9 inches as well.
The LMF originally was made in a 6 inch drop point shape, but was changed to a shape similar to the BMF. Both models could be either plain or sawback.
The BMF sheath is quite heavy, as it includes a diamond stone and a compass, but the knives are of reasonable weight. You do want to carry them on a web (military) belt, as the sheath and knife together are weighty. This didn't stop me from carrying them for years in the backcountry (still do when I'm in the real backcountry and feel like a sidearm would be nice).
 
Yea I am going to carry this knife on my LBE. I am waiting for one as I ordered a used one a week or so ago. The buck buckmaster just seems to be too heavy. Is there a kydex sheath for the BMF and if there is one how much is it going to cost me and where can I get it?? Thanks!!
-Mike
 
More than one year ago a friend of mine saw BMF and asked me an opinion.

I asked in these Forums, and at last that friend of mine bought a Busse BM.

The BMF is a good knife, but I am wrong or the steel is AUS-6 or AUS-6M? Good for stain-resistance and re-sharpen, but a little soft, for some people.

Just my 0.02.

Falcenberg
 
The Gerber BMF was probably among the best of the knives born during the survival knife craze of the 80s. It was originally produced in an 8" version (with and without sawback), and later as a 9" version (with and without sawback). Production was out of the U.S. using something like 440A stainless steel. (RC 52-56)

The sawback on these is completely useless, but the knife did have a good edge geometry, a handle which worked well under most conditions, a serated section which worked great, and a sheath that set a new standard for production knives at the time.

I bought one of these when they first came out, and I remember sitting on the beach using it to cut open coconuts. It would cut through those things like butter. A very good knife, from an earlier age when 440-C ruled. About the only real complaint I have heard is that the handle material can be damaged from prolong exposure to Deet and the elements. Mine is still in good shape, so I guess some of the folks must really bathed in bug spray. :)
 
My wife bought me a BMF 8" with sawback for Christmas years ago. I never liked it because of the sawback, but I've kept it because, you know, I have to. Actually the sawback does have at least one use. If you stab the knife into the side of a cabin the sawteeth make nice little catches for hanging cords, lanyards, etc.

Funny story about the BMF though. I took it on a fly-in fishing trip once with a bunch of other guys. We were sitting around the table after dinner comparing gear when I pulled out the BMF and stuck it in the top of the table. "Now here's a knife!" I said. A friend of mine grabbed the knife, made a blood curdling scream and stabbed the knife into the cabin wall. The only problem was my brand new rain hat was hanging in that particular spot and the BMF went through the hat before it stuck in the wall. Everybody went quiet, they looked at me, they looked at my friend and looked at the skewered hat - then we all just burst out laughing. Moral of story - after dinner drinks and big knives to do not go together. :D
 
Steelhed!

That's a friend???!! Boy am I glad to announce that I don't have such a habit. Though in this part of the world quite a number have gone berserk with machetes. You don't want to mix drinks with machetes in this neighborhood.

The one thing I remember well about the BMF and LMF was reading somewhere that it had been termed as Big Mother #/<%er! and the LMF... Yes, that's right.. Little Mother...!!!

On the whole, an excellent pair of fixed blades in its day, if you were to compare them with say the Buck Master (just too heavy, and the saw teeth was something pretty to look at) or oriental Rambo rip-offs.


Krizzard. out.
"...Whoever kills with the sword must be killed by the sword... "
- The New Testament, Revelation 13:10
 
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