Gerber Covert Question

[Texian]

Would a first production run Gerber Covert with an ATS-34 blade have the Lake-Walker interlock?

Seems like I read somewhere that the Covert, but maybe it was the Combat, started out with a lock other than the Lake-Walker.

Also, would the older models with ATS-34 or the newer ones with 154CM steel be better? I know the steels are basically the same, but sometimes new is not always better.

Thanks.

 

[BOK]

AFAIK all the coverts, even the early ones were fitted with the Walker interlock.

The larger combat version has always just been the liner lock without the interlock.

I don't own either myself but I have handled both an ATS 34 and 154cm version and they both seemed the same to me in the fit and finish department.

I've never been a big fan of the covert though due to lack of a stop pin. Not a big deal for opening but when the blades closes you are basically slamming it into the back of the tang each time.

A design flaw IMO, especially for a knife at its price point.

 

[fishface5]

The first-run coverts had an interlock, however it was not placed where conventional LAWKS-type interlocks are now found, on the edge of the handle near the spine of the blade; instead it was a small recessed button on the "flat" of the handle, more difficult to reach and use than in the 2nd-gen models. I had a 1st-gen but I would get a 2nd-gen. I would also get the flat-grind over the dagger-grind. the flat-grind is a cool knife with a really handy and ergonomic design, although you need to lock-tite all the screws, otherwise they all fall out & get lost within weeks. At least mine did, & by the time I noticed it was too late.

 

[Texian]

BOK and fishface.
Good information which I appreciate. Especially about the lack of a pin stop.
Maybe I'll just hang in with the two models I carry most often, a Benchmade 840 and a SOG Elite II (heavy duty jeans wear).
How do those two stack up in the pin stop category?
Thanks.