Posted: 11/29/2008 10:56:54 AM EDT
| Anyone have the new edition? I know it is a combat knife but would you consider it for survival since it is double edged? |
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I had one of the originals and cried like a baby when I broke it. You can cut with that knife, saw, and it throws like a dream. Tj Well no wonder you broke it... 
I have an original made in '72 I wish I didn't know what it was worth. I'm scared to use it. Back in the '80s I bought a Parker Brothers Cutlery copy for $30 and keep that one in the BOB. |
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I had one of the originals and cried like a baby when I broke it. You can cut with that knife, saw, and it throws like a dream. Tj Well no wonder you broke it...
I have an original made in '72 I wish I didn't know what it was worth. I'm scared to use it. Back in the '80s I bought a Parker Brothers Cutlery copy for $30 and keep that one in the BOB. I have an original as well, got it form my step dad who carried it, then I carried it for many ears too. With sentimental value I don't want to screw it up. |
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When I was in the USMC in the 1st Gulf War I carried a Gerber Mk2 upside down on my H-harness and a K-bar on my side on my web gear/ pistol belt (yeah, I was that guy in the platoon that loved knives and always had a bunch of 'em). As everyone has said above, the Gerber, while absolutley wicked looking, was pretty much worthless in average day to day use. The K-bar and a Craftsman lockblade pocket knife I had got 99 percent of the hard use, while the Gerber usually only came out when someone would ask to see it. It's a fighting knife, not much of a survival/ daily use knife.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/cnewmans/guns023.jpg |