What kind of Gerber is this?

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A guy I work with (who's very cool) knows that I like knives.

Today he brought in a Gerber knife. He didn't know much about it and neither do I. I wondered if some of you would help me find out what it is.

It's the first time I've seen/handled a Gerber and I must say that it was very very nice.

It had a black FRN handle with vertical groves in it all over the place. The handle was not curved at all it was straight. The handle looked to be about 4" long and the blade was about 3.75-4" long. The blade was about 1/4th Serated but he said that he had that done after the fact.

The Blade was a kind of matte looking. Not very shiny. It had what looked to be 2 different signatures on the blade and one was "something Applegate". The blade was made of ATS-34 (that's what was on the blade).

It is a liner lock knife with an extra lock thing on the back. It is U shaped and folds over the blade to keep you from acidentally disengaging the liner lock. First time I'd ever seen this.

Any ideas or pictures would be great ad I have no idea what it is.

I was very impressed by the knife to say the least. It seems very well made.

Shall I asssume that Gerber is a good knife? :)
 
Sounds like Gerber's Applegate Fairbairn folding fighter. Designed along the lines of the WWll fixed blade fighting knife which was inspired by the WWll veteran.

Gerber was great when Pete Gerber had the company.. Fiskars bought it out, and quality went downhill. Don't know about the company now, all I have are old Gerbers. If it's ats34 steel, shouldn't be to bad.


Thomas Zinn
 
I think you are describing the Gerber Applegate folder. I have handled my friends quite a bit and it seems to be a great knife. They seem well made and he has used his for years with no failure or problems.

Is this the knife?
 
It's not the original Applegate Combat Folder, of course,
but the 3/4 Covert version that has the extra LAWKS.
t.
 
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