The Gerber LMF

lorise

lorise

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I bought the Gerber LMF the other day. There was something about the knife I liked, felt solid. After using it I have some reservations about the sheath. It does'nt slide out smootly but one has to apply force to get the knife out of there. It is I suppose good in conditions when you don't have the time to buckle up your knife and all you have to do is stick the knife in and it is completely secure. But when getting it out you have to have the leg buckle strapped on to aid you in the pull. If no leg buckle one has to use both hands to get the knife out of the sheath. Also it came with a terrible factory edge and strange degrees. I had to give it a knew edge using the alignement kit from DMT and DMT stones. Can't get the green one though, they don't sell it in my country.
 
I hate to hear that the sheath didn't work as well as you expected. I have been planning to purchase one of these knives for awhile and still will despite the sheath. I wonder about the edge-holding ability of the steel used, but I suppose that steel is used for ease of sharpening. Thanks for your opinion on it though.
 
I have one and I have found that if use your thumb to push against the sheath while pulling the knife you can draw it without having to use the leg straps whenworn on a pistol belt. When mounted to MOLLE straps the whole sheath is secured and this isn't an issue.
 
I just picked up a used LMF a couple of months back. While the sheath is not a work of art, it does what it is suppose to. Not problems putting the knife in or out.

It may not be made of our "wonder steels" of today, but I like the knife...It has a nice look and feel to it.
 
I love my LMF. The sheath takes some getting used to but it is really nice to know that you have a way to sharpen your knife at all times, even if the sharpener is kinda junk. Atleast it would keep the knife sharp enough.
 
Bought a LMF a little over a month ago, and I think it is great.
I love the sheath. It is absolutely perfect for calf carry.

The handle is so ergonomic, it makes a REALLY good little chopper.
I reprofiled to around 25 degrees primary edge, and it holds an edge very well.

Hit it on some aged oak/Hickory head to head against a Busse I lucked into trying out via a pass around forum.

Guess which one I liked better for overall ergos, and chopping ability:eek:
I think it was definitelybecause the Busse had a steeper grind, and needed more relief, but the little LMF actually did a better job in chopping, and what is weird is that the Busse was actually proffesionally sharpened before it came to me. Concerning edge retention, but I saw no real difference between the two.

I think the slightly hollow grind on the LMF, and the re-profile is what helped it out perform.


One note though, if you plan on using it as a chopper, be advised that they put a plastic (of all things) filler between he blade and the end of the Rubberized handle, that's about 1/8th of an inch.

It is definitely not impact resistant - in fact it cracked, and I removed it.
have no clue why they did that, even with it removed, does not impact knife use in any way. Designers Must have been to cheap to fill in the rest with rubber.

I thought since it cracked, that it would cause a problem, so I battoned through 4 or 5, 3 inch diameter saplings just to see if I could detect movement of any kind - no problems. Then I bashed the crud out of an aged stump - no issues there either.

I have since beat the absolute crud out of the LMF, just to see if there were any problems, and none to report, other than the blade coating is coming off a little.


The real reason I bought the LMF is I loved the hammer design on the handle, because I wanted a Tool/knife combo, and the lashing holes are really cool if I decided to make a spear. - I had no idea how awesome the sheath would be - it can be carried in virtually any position, and comes with straps so you can carry on a mole vest if wanted.

It is exactly what I needed.

For the $ I highly encourage all to try one out.

sp
 
The LMF is really cool, I used it to chop (took a bit) and to baton (which it did well), it was still fairly sharp and resharpened very quickly and easily. The sheath does kind of lack, and the rubber handle just mushed and discolored a bit when I accidently smacked it with a log.
 
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