Who is GersH Blades ?

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Lot's of pretty knives in cool steels (AEB-L, Magnacut, etc.) on ebay and etsy. The occasional knife in the Exchange. Some pictures of his knife making on his website. Is he a member here ?

Any feedback on the knives, please ?

Thanks !

Roland.
 
I would second the wish to get feedback on this maker. Been digging around forums and youtube, but no real reviews other than on his etsy page.
Pics on his website sure are purdy; nice designs with beautiful handles and LOVE that he has some offerings in CPM M4. Hard to pull the trigger without some real performance reviews though, its still a tool after all.

Sorry I can't offer more, but hoping someone here still might,

Cheers,
-Nat
 
abcdef said:
Did you ask in the GKD?
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Well, much of GKD is folders, and GersH only does fixed blades, including obvious kitchen knives. There is a similar thread in the Kitchen Cutlery Sub, with no responses either.

Without further reference, I will assume for now GersH blades are made in Pakistan or China.
 
I've picked up some of his work (4), all EDCs and but one, a paring knife - and most recently this one:
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Thus far, all examples I have are well finished, handles and pins fit flush and no gaps between tang and scales, well contoured handles. Primary and edge bevels all seem evenly ground, plus he uses thin stock for his EDCs and all mine have edges on the leaner side and that all came nice and sharp, too.

His sheath work is solid - wet formed leather for the stuff that I have. Sturdy leather and well stitched.

He also has a website, besides etsy and ebay.
 
Hurrul said:
I've picked up some of his work (4), all EDCs and but one, a paring knife - and most recently this one:
0WIf1KNl.jpg

pjP32NGl.jpg

jV48A2Fl.jpg


Thus far, all examples I have are well finished, handles and pins fit flush and no gaps between tang and scales, well contoured handles. Primary and edge bevels all seem evenly ground, plus he uses thin stock for his EDCs and all mine have edges on the leaner side and that all came nice and sharp, too.

His sheath work is solid - wet formed leather for the stuff that I have. Sturdy leather and well stitched.

He also has a website, besides etsy and ebay.
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Thanks for the feedback, Great to see some real data; fit and finish all seem decent which is good to confirm. biggest question for me is how well they hold up/perform under any substantial use. Design doesn't carry too far in cases of sub-par heat treatment, improperly labeled steel or "cooked" edges.
If you have any feedback on some of the performance, e.g: edge stability and edge retention, or toughness?

I see his claimed Rockwell for cpm m4 is 64-65 which is fairly high, even for that steel. Obviously, yours is in AEB-L, so I wouldn't expect an exact comparison, but if you have other blades in AEB-L how does it compare?
 
Glassman1 said:
Thanks for the feedback, Great to see some real data; fit and finish all seem decent which is good to confirm. biggest question for me is how well they hold up/perform under any substantial use. Design doesn't carry too far in cases of sub-par heat treatment, improperly labeled steel or "cooked" edges.
If you have any feedback on some of the performance, e.g: edge stability and edge retention, or toughness?

I see his claimed Rockwell for cpm m4 is 64-65 which is fairly high, even for that steel. Obviously, yours is in AEB-L, so I wouldn't expect an exact comparison, but if you have other blades in AEB-L how does it compare?
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I have other knives in AEB-L, but as you stated, not really able to directly compare for greater/lesser edge stability, retention, and toughness.

There are a few variables among differing makers that can't be ignored, such as their target hardness range they want (I've not confirmed the hardness of any of my other AEB-L knives), I don't know how the other makers heat treat and temper, if they apply edge bevels with benchstones or power tools. Plus other factors that could skew or create anomalous behavior.

My empirical, garage-science type practical experience has involved these 2 blades the most (I just picked up the sheepsfoot this week):
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The white corian paring knife has a sheath for belt carry, but I've left it in the kitchen. Has not really become dull in my kitchen/house use, and I've polished the edge with high grit diamond paste and currently it's very sharp, especially as it came with a very nicely applied apex at the edge bevels, to begin with. But, I don't use it on ceramic or glass ware, I don't throw it in the sink and my wife does not use it, so it has not had to hard of a life, yet.

The knife on the left, with orange, I've used in some more rigorous chores - several passes/feet of various thicknesses of cardboard, cutting up dirty p-cord, cutting up old dirty tarp material, shaving fatwood into a fine pile for fires in the backyard. While still possessing a good working edge and because I like sharpening knives, I freshened up the edge with a couple of minutes of edge leading passes on a Spyderco medium benchstone, few minutes on a Spyderco fine benchstone, quick strop on some 1 micron diamond paste loaded on a flat block of Bass wood, and finished by a quick strop on naked phone book paper tightly wrapped around a coarse Norton benchstone. Pretty quick work to bring the edge to quite sharp, without even raising a burr.

Currently, the knife easily and gently shaves hair off my arm. Based on my practical use only, the edge stability and heat treatment seem good enough as the edges have not evidenced obvious deformity when running a finger nail along edge or by observing with my naked eye, edges have not dulled noticeably quicker in my use and experience, as compared to other AEB-L blades. Plus, the only edge I've lightly worked on, respond well to the sharpening done at the time, but I did not need to raise a burr, so that experience is yet to come.

I am satisfied and would by more, as I've clearly done.

Thanks for asking and I hope that there is some useful context in the above response, to your questions.
 
Hurrul said:
I have other knives in AEB-L, but as you stated, not really able to directly compare for greater/lesser edge stability, retention, and toughness.

There are a few variables among differing makers that can't be ignored, such as their target hardness range they want (I've not confirmed the hardness of any of my other AEB-L knives), I don't know how the other makers heat treat and temper, if they apply edge bevels with benchstones or power tools. Plus other factors that could skew or create anomalous behavior.

My empirical, garage-science type practical experience has involved these 2 blades the most (I just picked up the sheepsfoot this week):
QNBKixAl.jpg

MmaJpBel.jpg


The white corian paring knife has a sheath for belt carry, but I've left it in the kitchen. Has not really become dull in my kitchen/house use, and I've polished the edge with high grit diamond paste and currently it's very sharp, especially as it came with a very nicely applied apex at the edge bevels, to begin with. But, I don't use it on ceramic or glass ware, I don't throw it in the sink and my wife does not use it, so it has not had to hard of a life, yet.

The knife on the left, with orange, I've used in some more rigorous chores - several passes/feet of various thicknesses of cardboard, cutting up dirty p-cord, cutting up old dirty tarp material, shaving fatwood into a fine pile for fires in the backyard. While still possessing a good working edge and because I like sharpening knives, I freshened up the edge with a couple of minutes of edge leading passes on a Spyderco medium benchstone, few minutes on a Spyderco fine benchstone, quick strop on some 1 micron diamond paste loaded on a flat block of Bass wood, and finished by a quick strop on naked phone book paper tightly wrapped around a coarse Norton benchstone. Pretty quick work to bring the edge to quite sharp, without even raising a burr.

Currently, the knife easily and gently shaves hair off my arm. Based on my practical use only, the edge stability and heat treatment seem good enough as the edges have not evidenced obvious deformity when running a finger nail along edge or by observing with my naked eye, edges have not dulled noticeably quicker in my use and experience, as compared to other AEB-L blades. Plus, the only edge I've lightly worked on, respond well to the sharpening done at the time, but I did not need to raise a burr, so that experience is yet to come.

I am satisfied and would by more, as I've clearly done.

Thanks for asking and I hope that there is some useful context in the above response, to your questions.
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Really great info actually, particularly appreciate the attention to detail; everything you offered is helpful and relevant. Within the limits of your usage, your analysis covered my questions very well, and with excellent clarity. I appreciate your time in drafting a quality response.
looks like it may be worth picking one of these up, if they perform half as well as they look, could be a real gem.
thanks again,
-Nat
 
ferider said:
Lot's of pretty knives in cool steels (AEB-L, Magnacut, etc.) on ebay and etsy. The occasional knife in the Exchange. Some pictures of his knife making on his website. Is he a member here ?

Any feedback on the knives, please ?

Thanks !

Roland.
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Hey Roland,

I just picked up a reblade for my mini bugout in Magnacut from Gersh. Fit and finish is great, but I haven’t put it to the stones yet. I’ll pass along more info as I figure it out. Looks great so far!
 
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