Is there a Gerber catalog of all knives made?

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austin37

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I used to carry a Gerber knife and lost it years ago.. is there any digital or physical catalog that showed photos and descriptions of every knife they made over the years ?
 
How about describing it to us and we can help and find pix to narrow it down?

Start with answering these questions:

  1. Was it a folder or a fixed blade?
  2. Approximate size of the knife itself or blade?
  3. If a folder, was it a slipjoint or a locker?
  4. If locker, what type of lock did it use? (back lock, liner lock, etc.)
  5. What was the handle/scale material? (hard plastic, soft rubber, plastic with rubber overmolding, micarta, G10, etc.)
  6. What type of carry was it designed for? (belt pouch, pocket only, clip-on, etc.)

Short of that, I think Gerber used to release annual catalogs. Maybe start by Googling up a catalog from the approximate year you bought it and the years just before that.
 
↑ I had a knife I was looking for that my grandpa had when I was a kid. It was his favorite. (it was a Ric-Nor)

I could only describe it. It was an electrician pattern traditional knife. Pretty rare, but one guy knew EXACTLY what it was and even had one to sell me for a reasonable price. I bet we can help you out in a similar way.
 
Smaug said:
How about describing it to us and we can help and find pix to narrow it down?

Start with answering these questions:

  1. Was it a folder or a fixed blade?
  2. Approximate size of the knife itself or blade?
  3. If a folder, was it a slipjoint or a locker?
  4. If locker, what type of lock did it use? (back lock, liner lock, etc.)
  5. What was the handle/scale material? (hard plastic, soft rubber, plastic with rubber overmolding, micarta, G10, etc.)
  6. What type of carry was it designed for? (belt pouch, pocket only, clip-on, etc.)

Short of that, I think Gerber used to release annual catalogs. Maybe start by Googling up a catalog from the approximate year you bought it and the years just before that.
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Folder. Black handle- felt like molded plastic. Probably 3 -3.75inch blade. Could open one handled. Had the tab next to the blade youd slide to unlock n close blade if I remember correctly. Had silver pocket clip.I’d guess Probably from the 80s- early 2000s. I was gifted the used knife so I don’t know exact year.
 
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Was "the tab next to the blade youd slide to unlock" a liner lock?

What type of blade style was it? Clip point? Dagger style? Drop point?
 
"Tab next to the blade" eliminates lockbacks; that's helpful. Eliminates the entire Magnum line.
Molded plastic eliminates the entire Gator line.
 
austin37 said:
Folder. Black handle- felt like molded plastic. Probably 3 -3.75inch blade. Could open one handled. Had the tab next to the blade youd slide to unlock n close blade if I remember correctly. Had silver pocket clip.I’d guess Probably from the 80s- early 2000s. I was gifted the used knife so I don’t know exact year.
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killgar said:
Was "the tab next to the blade youd slide to unlock" a liner lock?

What type of blade style was it? Clip point? Dagger style? Drop point?
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is he talkin about the bolt action....think these were in the 90s era....believe gerber made more than 1 folder with this lock setup....but none that I remember with thumb studs or one handed setup.....
 
austin37 said:
Folder. Black handle- felt like molded plastic. Probably 3 -3.75inch blade. Could open one handled. Had the tab next to the blade youd slide to unlock n close blade if I remember correctly. Had silver pocket clip.I’d guess Probably from the 80s- early 2000s. I was gifted the used knife so I don’t know exact year.
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The Covert Applegate-Fairbairn folder. Came with a dagger blade or full flat grind.
 
Gerber puts what could be considered a tab as a secondary lock on many of their button locks. I doubt this is what he's talking about, just spitballing

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jbmonkey said:
is he talkin about the bolt action....think these were in the 90s era....believe gerber made more than 1 folder with this lock setup....but none that I remember with thumb studs or one handed setup....thumb stud
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I wanna say it had a thumb stud to open it.
But don’t recall for certian
 
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