I feel the same way about my Osbourne. I hardly carry it, even to church! Lol! I'm not really a fan of most of Gerber's stuff. I think they used to be a great company, but for years they seemed to slip back a bit. But lately, they seem to be upping their game. Thats just my opinion, of course. I'd buy that knife. Great overview. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching and the comment. It's been interesting to watch the evolution (or de-evolution) over the years. I remember as a teenager in the 80's, buy some of their tactical, dive and skeleton knives and there wasn't anything else on the market that filled those niches. Now, there are so many producers in those space and Gerber/Fisker is set up more with a mass production model and aiming for low to mid tier market. I think people lament the old Gerber with out appreciating the present Gerber. The Scout is a case in point. I could talk for an hour of all the design elements that Gerber got right in this knife. Kind of like Apple with their "designed in California" (but made in china/vietnam/thailand) approach. I think Gerber's down side is that they have too many "meh" products destined for mass consumers who don't really carry or care that much. The challenge is finding the well designed and executed Gerber products in a sea of mediocre products, but you are rewarded some high quality offerings at an extremely reasonable price. So far my list of favorites are the Downwind, Scout, strong-arm, principle, Bushcraft Axe and their older Multi-Plier tool (when it came out).
If you think that blade play is caused by the backing pin you are wrong. as for this particular knife, it is an overpriced garbage just like 99% of modern gerber knives. impossible to tear down without stripping the screws or damaging the scales (just like 99% of their knives) cheapass 1920s steel with terrible heat treatment that won't hold an edge properly. For $50 you can get a much more better knife. tons of options.
I sense you have a strong opinion on this. I think the strength of the lock up is a combination of the liners, back pin and screws. Experience is just showing that it is a pretty solid after using it as a work blade for 6 weeks. For comparison, after a similar amount of work I sent in my BM north fork to have replacement parts because of the amount of play that developed. Yes, I was pushing it beyond what it was designed to do. The blade did much better than the 440a of the gerber but the BM also cost 5x as much. I looked at a few websites like bladehq and didn’t really see anything in a recognizable name brand at that price point. Boker was the closest. I guess the end analysis is that the gerber worked really well for me as a work knife especially compared to high priced alternatives. I also find that as a brand, Gerber has some really solid and well designed options. I get that you might not like the brand and would like to hear what your personal experience was. That is constructive input for anyone considering this or another gerber knife. Cheers
@@mtnboy123 checkout Kershaw covalent with D2 for around $45. It's a perfect bugout alternative with great edge retention. It has glass reinforced plastic handles with steel liners. D2 is is not as tough as 440a but not too brittle as well. Acts very similar to s30v . Will hold and edge forever but is quite easy to sharpen. By the way I really like Gerber as a brand and I like their knife designs but the execution is subpar 99% of the time. Similar to SOG. I like their designs but their QC is terrible.
Oh and about the stop pin. With this particular knife the cause of the blade play are the low quality washers and soft steel pivot. Not the stop pin. Poor materials are the cause not the design. I love the design.
Great looking knife. Thank you
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I feel the same way about my Osbourne. I hardly carry it, even to church! Lol!
I'm not really a fan of most of Gerber's stuff. I think they used to be a great company, but for years they seemed to slip back a bit. But lately, they seem to be upping their game. Thats just my opinion, of course.
I'd buy that knife. Great overview. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching and the comment. It's been interesting to watch the evolution (or de-evolution) over the years. I remember as a teenager in the 80's, buy some of their tactical, dive and skeleton knives and there wasn't anything else on the market that filled those niches. Now, there are so many producers in those space and Gerber/Fisker is set up more with a mass production model and aiming for low to mid tier market. I think people lament the old Gerber with out appreciating the present Gerber. The Scout is a case in point. I could talk for an hour of all the design elements that Gerber got right in this knife. Kind of like Apple with their "designed in California" (but made in china/vietnam/thailand) approach. I think Gerber's down side is that they have too many "meh" products destined for mass consumers who don't really carry or care that much. The challenge is finding the well designed and executed Gerber products in a sea of mediocre products, but you are rewarded some high quality offerings at an extremely reasonable price. So far my list of favorites are the Downwind, Scout, strong-arm, principle, Bushcraft Axe and their older Multi-Plier tool (when it came out).
If you think that blade play is caused by the backing pin you are wrong.
as for this particular knife, it is an overpriced garbage just like 99% of modern gerber knives. impossible to tear down without stripping the screws or damaging the scales (just like 99% of their knives) cheapass 1920s steel with terrible heat treatment that won't hold an edge properly. For $50 you can get a much more better knife. tons of options.
I sense you have a strong opinion on this. I think the strength of the lock up is a combination of the liners, back pin and screws. Experience is just showing that it is a pretty solid after using it as a work blade for 6 weeks. For comparison, after a similar amount of work I sent in my BM north fork to have replacement parts because of the amount of play that developed. Yes, I was pushing it beyond what it was designed to do. The blade did much better than the 440a of the gerber but the BM also cost 5x as much. I looked at a few websites like bladehq and didn’t really see anything in a recognizable name brand at that price point. Boker was the closest. I guess the end analysis is that the gerber worked really well for me as a work knife especially compared to high priced alternatives. I also find that as a brand, Gerber has some really solid and well designed options. I get that you might not like the brand and would like to hear what your personal experience was. That is constructive input for anyone considering this or another gerber knife. Cheers
@@mtnboy123 checkout Kershaw covalent with D2 for around $45. It's a perfect bugout alternative with great edge retention. It has glass reinforced plastic handles with steel liners. D2 is is not as tough as 440a but not too brittle as well. Acts very similar to s30v . Will hold and edge forever but is quite easy to sharpen.
By the way I really like Gerber as a brand and I like their knife designs but the execution is subpar 99% of the time. Similar to SOG. I like their designs but their QC is terrible.
Oh and about the stop pin. With this particular knife the cause of the blade play are the low quality washers and soft steel pivot. Not the stop pin. Poor materials are the cause not the design. I love the design.