Show off your Gerber Knives

In 1939 Joseph Gerber (advertising agency owner) had custom knife maker David Murphy make 24 sets of carving knife for some of his select customers. Catalog retailer Abercrombie & Fitch saw them and was so impressed with the quality of the knives they wanted to sell them. Thus was born Gerber Legendary Blades.
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Good to be here. Here's a few of my newest additions. The LST was in pitiful shape, broken tip, rusty, dirty. Cleaned up pretty nice. My new edc.
The newest Bolt Action is for my son. He leaves the 21st for Ft. Benning. Figured it'd be a good present for finishing basic.
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::welcome:: Aboard Mud!
Nice to see someone else who EDCs a Gerber!
I can't wait to see pictures of more of your Gerber collection.

I need to get pics of my latest EDC, a Gerber FS-2.
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As promised; some pics of my new EDC the Folding Sportsman II
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The wood is soft and some is missing from the handle, so I think I will replace it with some water buffalo horn like I did on my FS I that I EDC too.
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That's a good looking knife. Great choice for scales to.

The top one is the ONE. It's what got me started on Gerber Goodies. I carried it until I thought I lost it and bought the new model.
Same but different. Gotta love the LST. Can't killem. One of Blackies best 3 minute ideas.
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Got a question about this 'un ..... anybody know the closed length??
It's on the 'bay with little description. 1910714A1.
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Sent the seller a question but has yet to respond. I like the deep carry pocket clip .....[/color]
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royal0014 wrote:Got a question about this 'un ..... anybody know the closed length??
It's on the 'bay with little description. 1910714A1. s-l1600.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/302040382024?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Sent the seller a question but has yet to respond. I like the deep carry pocket clip .....

4" closed with a 3" blade.
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Thank You !
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Got this nib. Kept the pack, but what good is it if I can't play with it? :D
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For now, just the one. A Folding Sportsman SFO in jigged bone.
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Happy New Year

Been busy and haven't had a chance to check in.
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Case V42 wrote:I hope this works. If I prove to be just smart enough to get a photo attached I'll try to add several of the most interesting Gerbers I have in my collection.Lioness.JPG

According to Phil Rodenberg's book, in 1953 Gerber made 20 knife sets with "Lioness" handles for the Kansas City Life Insurance Co. Gerber also made an extra 30 sets as replacements etc. The pictured knife is marked, "GERBER Durendal Made In U.S.A." on the bottom of the handle. The blade is chrome plated, but the handle isn't. She's evidently one of the "extras", but how come isn't she plated, and how did she come to be all alone?
Just wanted to show you what I ran across the first of December. And possibly up for sale. Now just gotta get a crew together and Rob a few banks. Who's in?
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A whole pride of lionesses! Wow! I"m got sweaty palms and heart palpitations! ::drool::
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Rob a bank for the set, eh?

I don't even want to know how much is being asked... ::facepalm::

Beautiful and scarce set of cats there. Are you sure the owner doesn't want to donate the set for the monthly knife giveaway here at AAPK? ::rotflol::
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Here are some from my father-in-law's collection.
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Gerber Legendary Blades from the 70s-80s made some of the best knives on the market, with the likes of Pete Kershaw, Al Mar and Blackie Collins cutting their teeth so to speak on Gerbers dime, you had some of the great designers of our age who came outta the factory. That was my favorite time period for them, the Silver Knights, the Paul knives, the LST and Bolt lock were revolutionary and set the upcoming trends for the next 20 years.

One of the last blades they made under the Gerber Legendary Blades monijer was the SL3.25 series of knives, G10, Carbon Fiber and other premium scale materials with ATS34 blade steel, Titanium Liner/Walker Lock, it was a greatly underrated knife that was discontinued before it got recognized.
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Here are 2 of my latest. I've been trying to get em for quite some time, especially the LST. This one was the first one I've seen for sale. Both are NIB and finally mine.
Now onto the next hard to find... A 48-50 Shorty. If you know of one for sale, gimme a holler.
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Gerber Bolt Action -
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Gerber DMF -
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Gerber Shorty -
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Gerber Silver Knight micarta -
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These are a few Gerbers I have owned and I believe I have sold all the above.
I need to take some pics of some the more interesting ones I have in my collection.
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Mud. I will see what shorty's I might be willing to part with.
I didn't find this post until shortly before good night. I will look up the info of age as time avails. These are a couple of older Gerbers, A late 50's Hunter and a couple of 40's Joyeuse knives. The Joyeuse was supposedly Gerber's first attempt at a slicer to double as a hunting knife.
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Mossdancer wrote:Mud. I will see what shorty's I might be willing to part with.
I didn't find this post until shortly before good night. I will look up the info of age as time avails. These are a couple of older Gerbers, A late 50's Hunter and a couple of 40's Joyeuse knives. The Joyeuse was supposedly Gerber's first attempt at a slicer to double as a hunting knife.
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Those are some good looking knives. Exactly what I'm looking for.
I have a Joyeuse-10. Surprisingly, the care pamphlet is still there and in very good shape. Nowhere near mint, used to slice bbq, it's a good old knife. I enjoy it.

Your time and consideration is greatly appreciated and I'd like to talk with you more about anything ​that you would consider parting with.
Thank you sir.
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Here are my four Gerber Knives Three are lock open hunters, and one a Paul knife. They were all bought in the 1970s, all were caried on motorcycle, or motorcycle/sidecar trips to rallies. Had not thought about them for years, and when I got them out to look at them, the brass was all turned green, from being stored in their leather sheaths. Had to clean the green off of them, and decided to take pictures, and here they are. Hope my fading memory serves me right on the dates. Thanks for sharing them with me.
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Aren't they pretty... Pretty enough to be carried again.
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Mud and others:
Here is another that I have decided to separate with. I just checked on ebay and a set commensurate with condition of mine sold recently for $230.00 plus shipping. It is a shorty with steel in piggyback sheath issued between mid 1966 to 1969. That is with a chrome handle. I believe this may be the steel grip handle and if so you could with some surety a period of less than one year of birth by saying it was Manf. in late Dec. 1967 because they were in issue between 1967-1968. When you see a sheath with the 5 digit number that simply means it was produced sometime after zip codes were mandated in 1965.
I will be listing this knife in my store shortly after I finish here. The price will be attractive when compared to my above info.
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In going through the pictures of Gerber Knives,I notice that many collectors don't clean up their knives, before showing them. I cleaned and polished the green stains from the brass parts of my Gerber Knives that were stored in their leather sheaths. Before I discovered the use of Simichrome, Wenol, or Flitz polish, and Renaissance wax. I also found that wrapping the cleaned, and waxed knives in Glad Cling Wrap, an ultra thin plastic wrap, the knives can be stored in their leather sheathes, and they won't turn green. Is my practice of cleaning my knives considered bad protocol? I am just jumping into Knife collecting, after all these years, of getting, and using them, and don't know proper Collecting etiquette. Thanks.
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