Why No Gerber Love?

[IVANKERLEY]

I did not know that.
I might pick one of those up.

it's not a bad knife, i don't personally like the scales but it's not a bad knife for around the yard, running 'round the woods especially for $20
i made a sheath for it since the factory is abyssmal
ivan

 

[GWashington1732]

it's not a bad knife, i don't personally like the scales but it's not a bad knife for around the yard, running 'round the woods especially for $20
i made a sheath for it since the factory is abyssmal
ivan

I like the scales, I think they're great for when it's raining and I've got to be outside.

 

[D R E]

Gerber makes some good stuff as well as cheap stuff but the important thing is they are readily available and affordable. Here are a few of my Gerbers:

 

[Farmer Brown]

Who sells these particular Mark 2s? Really hard to find.

 

[D R E]

The Bay still has quite a few.

 

[GWashington1732]

Gerber makes some good stuff as well as cheap stuff

That can be said about most companies, including SOG, KaBar, Cold Steel, and Buck. And there are some truely cheap knives being produced by all four of these. Fro Example, the KaBar Warthog and K2 Folders, The SOG Fusion line, A handful of Cold Steel's offerings, and a few of Buck's very cheap foreign knives.

 

[50calrev]

The new Mark 2 I picked up a short while ago was a bastard to sharpen. The point is very sharp but the blade was dull as hell. It took a lot of work but it'll shave now. I do not like that 420 HC steel.

 

[Arpaio]

I'll always have a soft spot for Gerber. When my dad was with the Green Berets in Vietnam he carried a Mark II and as I grew up he would tell me about how he'd never handled a better knife. Saddens me to see their current state but I'll love that Mark II forever.

 

[GWashington1732]

The new Mark 2 I picked up a short while ago was a bastard to sharpen. The point is very sharp but the blade was dull as hell. It took a lot of work but it'll shave now. I do not like that 420 HC steel.

Some of them do need to be sharpened out of the box, I'll admit that that might be a turn off for some, however, that's not a big deal for me, just an excuse to sharpen something to a ridiculously fine edge.

Most don't need to be immediately sharpened, like the Prodigy and the AR 3.0, I still haven't had to sharpen my Prodigy after some really hard use.

 

[Kirk D]

Some of us old geezers remember Gerber from the 70's, when they made some of the best knives around, and I for one feel they are worse than dead. The name has been sold to a company more interested in making a buck than making good knives.

Yep! I still have my Gerber Magnum and my Gerber Mini-magnum from the late 1960's, and my great Gerber Fish and Game knife (Stag handle) that was right at the end of 1960 or right at 1970.

Great knives..., I wish I had the entire set of the Armorhide handle knives.

Very thin knives.

I haven't purchase a Gerber, though, since the mid-1970s.

The old knives were M2. By the mid-1970s they used cheaper and cheaper steel.

 

[Murphyslaw]

I have an LST from early 90-ties and a Folding sportsman 1 from middle 80-ties. Bouth are very good knifes. Some of my dreamknifes is still Gerbers like old LST from micarta or the Folding sportsmans sibling the classic. They also did a loveless folder that would be more than nice to own.Bosse

Bosse,

Here's a pic that includes my micarta LST...

 

[PG5768]

Gerber knives used to be my favorites in the mid-70's. Had several of their locking folders with the wood inlays. They were perfect small knives for pocket carry, but they've all since disappeared. Bought a couple fixed blades that I still have and a MK II that was stolen. For whatever reason, I was turned off after Fiskars took over. Its interesting to learn that they basically saved the company, though.

Got these 2 at JC Penney in Fairbanks, AK about 1975.

 

[aephilli]

The Bay still has quite a few.

The Bay???? Who dat???

 

[yablanowitz]

I believe he is referring to eBay.

 

[ziggy925]

I have a really nice older Gerber and recently picked up a small Gerber folder. Moved the Gerber in rotation for a SOG only because I like the pocket clip on the SOG better for EDC.

 

[Uncle T Knives]

My daughter and I have about a dozen Gerber's between us. All of them were made before they sold out and are excellant knives. My now 18 year old carries a gerber everywhere she goes. When she was about 10 years old she saved all her money to buy Her first knife with her own money. As she was already collecting by then everything I would get for her. That first knife was a Gerber. I gave her her choice of any knife she wanted and offered to pay half. She insisted it had to be her knife and picked out a very nice Gerber folder. It is a great knife and she now carries it everywhere she goes.. At school it is tucked away in her purse where no one knows it is there and at all other times it is in her back pocket. It really makes us sick to see made in China on all the new ones. Will never buy another one.

 

[babakanoosh45]

If your looking for functional equipment at a reasonable price. Gerber is a decent manufacturer to consider. I got this small camp axe with a great utility knife in the handle for around $40.00 and it performs the way I want it to. I received the Obsidian as a gift and it has been a pocket workhorse when carried. I also have a Gerber Artifact that gets a ton of pocket time and is a tough SOB. I don't always go looking for Gerber but I do come across one or more I find practical uses for from time to time...

 

[berserk87]

I traded a friend for a first-production Gerber 325 SL, which is a very nice knife - carbon fiber handle; titanium liner lock, ATS-34 blade steel. It is several years old. My friend used to own a hardware store and dealt in a variety of high-end knives. He said that the referenced model was Gerber's attempt to re-enter the high-end knife market, but noted that because the knife said "Gerber", it was the kiss of death. His store had a hard time moving them out the door.

 

[audiopile]

I handled a Hinderer rescue model Gerber today. This is the first Gerber I've tried in awhile that just plain fit together.I do not anticipate a tactical use for my EDU knives - but need a tip for various jobs - so am going looking for a CLS - do wish they offered it in a non-serrated version ?
Lock button is a keeper idea .

 

[batosai117]

I handled a Hinderer rescue model Gerber today. This is the first Gerber I've tried in awhile that just plain fit together.I do not anticipate a tactical use for my EDU knives - but need a tip for various jobs - so am going looking for a CLS - do wish they offered it in a non-serrated version ?
Lock button is a keeper idea .

You mean something like this:

I grounded them and it made a nice section of blade useable without those pesky serrations snagging on everything I sold it though about a week ago. The fellow who got it was pleased with it :thumbup: