These knifes worth anything?

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I have three Gerber knifes that are older so they were made in Portland, OR USA. I paid around 20 bucks for all of them together. I was wondering if there worth anything. Here are some pics.

The top is a knife has a real golden pendant on it with two small ruby looking gems. I beleive it was a 10 year gift for a PGandE worker.

The middle knife is a Gerber Silver Knight. Stamped Portland OR and then Seki Japan on the reverse side.

The last is a old Gerber Dive knife with a kydex sheath, It is marked "Blackie Collins" and "First Production Run 1985"

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Here is a close up on the Pendant
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Any info on these knifes is welcome. I have also seen the Silver knight with pearl scales and other neat handle material and was wondering if anyone would be willing to do that for me.

Thanks, Mike
 
The one with the amethysts looks to be a 10-year anniversary knife, given to an employee by PG&E. I have a similar one (similar Gerber design, no stones) that I got from a company that I worked for in the early '90's. It used to be that knives were an acceptable gift for a company to give to an employee. Unfortunately, those days are gone for large corporations.

IIRC, the fixed blade was a River knife. Similar use as the models that Gerber still sells called River Runners. This one had an integral clip, I think or that may be the locking mechanism for the sheath.
 
I have been collecting old Gerbers for the past 25 years or more. The interest in these knives has dwindled quite a bit in the past few years, and you probably could have done much better about 5 years ago. You have a Folding Sportsman 1 (or maybe 2 depending on length) with Pacific Gas & Electric 10 year service award medallion that looks to be in lightly used condition. IMO if you find someone interested in it you might get $75. Without the box or leather belt sheath and not being mint condition, it most likely won't get that much unless you find a PG&E Employee who lost one and really wants it back.

The Silver Knight appears to be a 200A model (2" closed) with Cordia wood handles. It is a relatively common variant. I actually collect Silver Knights and currently have about 50 different models of them. If the condition on this 200A is mint and you have the box you might get $50 or maybe a little more. Not sure from the picture but the blade does not look full and may have been sharpened down. If that is the case it is maybe worth $10.

Last is the River clip lock knife in the single edge version which was pretty popular and not very rare. I am assuming you have the black plastic sheath that it snaps into, but probably not the box or the nylon webbing outer sheath which was optional and a little rare. Again not exactly sought after these days and it does not look to be mint. They never got much more than $50 mint with both sheaths and the box, so you can guess from there.
 
bladefoolish said:
The top knife is probably from the '80's, and I believe the blade is 440C. It's a nice knife.
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Are you sure about the 440C? I wasn't aware that Gerber made any 440C lockback knives in the 80's.
 
enderwiggin said:
Definitely worth somethying to a collector.

But what are knifes? All I see are knives...
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i just love folks who correct others spelling & have typos of there own lol.

"something" not "somethying" by the way................

lol, if i was gonna correct others i would make sure i had no typos in my own post 1st.
 
SIFU1A said:
i just love folks who correct others spelling & have typos of there own lol.

"something" not "somethying" by the way................

lol, if i was gonna correct others i would make sure i had no typos in my own post 1st.
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That couldn't have anything to do with the letters "T" and "Y" being right next to each other on a QWERTY keyboard, let alone the QWERTY on the small screen of an iPod Touch, could it? :D

BTW, you mean "Their."
 
knarfeng said:
Are you sure about the 440C? I wasn't aware that Gerber made any 440C lockback knives in the 80's.
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Nope, not sure about the steel. That's why I said "I believe". I've owned a few of these, and bought one for my father in the 80's, and my impression has been they were made of 440c. A quick google of the knife shows several "for sale" ads listing Gerber Folding Sportman knives as being 440c, and one post on the "other" knife formum metions it being 440C, but I couldn't find anything I considered definite.

If anyone has a more "official" source for info on the materials this knife is made of, I'd like to see it also.
 
Yes the folding sportsman knives were 440C until the late 1980's or early 1990's. By 1992 they were made from 425M. The vascowear knives were marked with a V and the were not handled in micarta. Jeez, lighten up on the spelling BS; what is this a f&*king high school English class.
 
enderwiggin said:
That couldn't have anything to do with the letters "T" and "Y" being right next to each other on a QWERTY keyboard, let alone the QWERTY on the small screen of an iPod Touch, could it? :D

BTW, you mean "Their."
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yeah those qwertys will mess ya up wont they.............just be more carefull if ya are gonna correct others, perhaps the original posters "qwerty" messed him up too?.

there/their all the same to me this is hardly an english comp paper is it? & i dont ever correct others, i just love to correct the correctors though lol & will every tiime if thery have mistakes of THEIR own.
 
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