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sams

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I would like to start a new, and positive thread regarding Gerber knives. I am an old guy 67 yrs, I've seen the good days and bought quite a few Gerbers. My Skookum large blade snapped while sharpening on the stone . It was a result to the grinding the blade thin to slide past the small blade. I liked that knife. Nice wood inlay on S/S frame. I sent it to Gerber with a letter of explanation after a phone call. They were very polite, explaining there wasn't possible to fix the knife. They sent me my knife back no charge, with a large catalog with a cash credit of $60. I bought a frame lock, with the "squiggly" frame, :) I had it two weeks and broke the frame lock. Laughing I sent it back. They immediately replaced the knife apologizing. This one is going strong, and added the smaller version too.

Gerber is ok in my book.

On a side note if you want to stick to the old stand-by of yester years, buy American made Buck.
 
Two different knives. One was a 30 year old Skookum. It has the thin profile with the large blade sliding over the small blade. A gentleman's type folder, pretty neat, bought another off ebay.
The other probably a manufacture defect. no big deal they took care of me. All the makers have flaws now & then.
 
, if you want a better knife made with better materials there are a myriad of options made in the USA.

What about old fashion, nastalgia :D
 
sams said:
, if you want a better knife made with better materials there are a myriad of options made in the USA.

What about old fashion, nastalgia :D
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Some might call that traditional. And yes, there are a myriad of options.
 
In the spirit of the OP, I carried a Gerber Multi-Plier for almost 8 years of hard use everyday at work in the nineties. The pliers are deployed with a flick of the wrist, which meant that they were truly a one-handed multitool. This was a huge deal when you were standing on top of a ladder or on the safety cage of a lift troubleshooting a problem, and then you realize you are gonna need pliers to move that old/frozen/cursed by a witch bolt. Not OSHA approved, but one hand holding on for safety and the other working the Gerber meant that the job got done and I never had to personally test gravity. I put that thing through hell, and I still have it in a glovebox because it still works fine. Multitool technology has passed it by, but a stone axe will still feed your fire.

On another Gerber positive, I went into a Sports Authority armed with a 20% off coupon and picked up a BG parang a couple of years ago. I had just had 2 bad Cold Steel machetes in a row, they were just awful. The polypro handles look and feel cheap because they are cheap--they are machetes, not wall hangers, of course--but I am okay with that. However, 2 machetes from 2 different merchants separated by a year, and neither one came sharp or would hold an edge. Complete junk, not worth the postage to return them. The Gerber parang needed sharpening but has good edge retention, cuts well, and I like how the handle shape keeps my hand clear of obstructions. I may actually upscale to a Condor parang, but there is hardly a need when that stupid orange-handled BG is taking care of all my machete work (though there is not much of it). I have read that there are QC issues with the model, but I got a good one.
 
sams said:
, if you want a better knife made with better materials there are a myriad of options made in the USA.

What about old fashion, nastalgia :D
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Not really a selling point. Sounds like a crappy reason to settle for less.
 
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