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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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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Sut Tatersaul:
Hi, I do not think there is a protocol for showing your knives. It is my thought on the matter that every person owns their own knives and can do as they wish with them. I will not clean a knife or wash off any of its character because it all tells me a story. You accumulated by one method or another and all of them tells you a differing tale. By the way the green stuff that appeared on your Gerber while stored in the leather sheaths was called Verdigris pronounced ver di gree, the I is said as in it. It is created by some sort of reaction between the metal and the leather. If you already knew this please accept it as me trying to be helpful and not a know it all. I happen to like all knives, the old Gerbers are among my favorites because they are sort of home grown, available at a reasonably cost(there are some exceptions to the cost angle) and seem to endure for a long period of time.
Accumulate what you like and do with as you wish. My opinion, the story is a part of ownership. I will post later with a couple of examples.
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CheckSix wrote:my only Gerber... a Blackie Collins designed Gerber Clip Lock Boot Knife. This one made in Portland, OR.
Hi, Check Six:
The Gerber boot knife you show, really flops my mop. Is that an old knife, or are they still made, or available? Thanks for sharing that neat knife with us.
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Sut Tatersaul wrote:
CheckSix wrote:my only Gerber... a Blackie Collins designed Gerber Clip Lock Boot Knife. This one made in Portland, OR.
Hi, Check Six:
The Gerber boot knife you show, really flops my mop. Is that an old knife, or are they still made, or available? Thanks for sharing that neat knife with us.
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I think they were made back in the 80's or 90's. The initial ones were made in Portland, then from Italy afterwards. I'm sure you can find a used one.
They are known as the Gerber Blackie Collins River Runner Dive Boot Knife.
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Sut Tatersaul wrote:are they still made, or available?
Sut - Here's one that ends today for the bargain price of $119 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gerber-Blackie- ... Sw-4BXYHo5
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Hi,All:
Well, I sort of messed up, I saw the pictures of what I think is a great boot knife, the Gerber Clip lock, designed by an old favorite designer, and maker of mine, Blackie Collins. I didn't read the description close enough, of one of those knifes offered on E-Bay. it was offered without a sheath. I just went ahead and bought it. Then I found out it didn't have the sheath, which is an intricate part of the locking system. I got it all cleaned up, and looking like new. Now, I'll have to find a sheath, or make one, to carry it. I might even get one made, if, my old arthritic crippled fingers will cooperate. I just got too enthused with that, great designed, little knife, and got carried away, but, it will "All come out in the wash" as they say.
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That's a great looking knife, Sut. I hope it all works out for you. ::tu::
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Found this set this weekend.
No date listed on the brochure.
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Silly me...just looked at the bottom of the case.
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Nice EBJ set. If the blades are chrome it is a 1950 set if not somewhere between 1946 and 1949. Look to be unused condition. Good find. The truncated handles are becoming harder to get in condition as yours are.
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Sut Tatersaul wrote:Hi,All:
Well, I sort of messed up, I saw the pictures of what I think is a great boot knife, the Gerber Clip lock, designed by an old favorite designer, and maker of mine, Blackie Collins. I didn't read the description close enough, of one of those knifes offered on E-Bay. it was offered without a sheath. I just went ahead and bought it. Then I found out it didn't have the sheath, which is an intricate part of the locking system. I got it all cleaned up, and looking like new. Now, I'll have to find a sheath, or make one, to carry it. I might even get one made, if, my old arthritic crippled fingers will cooperate. I just got too enthused with that, great designed, little knife, and got carried away, but, it will "All come out in the wash" as they say.

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I have been giving some thought to my need for a sheath, to fit this Boot Knife. I am inclined to think, that since the sheath, was a crucial part of this knife's locking system, I would prefer to find a factory sheath, and keep it original. Does anyone know where I might find one? Although It would be great fun, I think I'll wait a while, before diving into making one. Help? Thoughts on this will be appreciated.
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Here are four recent adds. Are all very good or better. The assisted open Fairbairn Applegate fires as fast as an Automatic and even has a nice lock. The one made in Taiwan is actually a nice looking knife. They are all to new for me so they will be in my store as a lot sale.
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Hi, All:
Well, I think I've covered all of my options on finding a Sheath for my Gerber Clip Lock, Boot knife. To top it all off, my computer has locked out the use of Google, to search with. I am going to try to impose on a member, to send me the pictures of the back of their Blackie Collins designed Gerber, Clip Lock, Boot Knife, as I'll just have to build a sheath. Check Six on this forum has one, maybe I can get him, or some other considerate member, to send, me pictures of the back of their's? Thanks.
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The knives in this post are awesome! This is my Sportsman combo BH&P.
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Welcome aboard 503GerberGuy:
Is your name possibly Angelo,
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No but my brother played baseball for Angelo's Pizza in southern Oregon. Thanks for the invite.
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::welcome:: to AAPK, 503GerberGuy, and thanks for sharing your Gerbers! Judging by your username, I expect you might find a lot to like in this forum. Glad to have you aboard! ::tu::
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Thank you.
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Here is a 450 and Sheath I have had for years. I thought a blade such as this needed a better background than my old chamois so Here it is laying on a Zebra leather taken in the late 1890's .
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I few of my Gerber Silver knights, the large one (3 3/4 closed) has been posted before I replaced the handle with inner mammoth Ivory. The small one (3 1/4 closed) is a WIP using Mammoth Tooth. I still have a lot of fine sanding to do. truthfully I'm not as happy with the work I did on this one but then again it was my first time working with Mammoth Tooth.
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Hi, All:
I am a fairly new member to the AAPK knife forum, and joined, thinking that I would get some badly needed information, about a neat little boot knife, that I bought without doing my homework. I bought it without the sheath, which is an intricate part of the system. Well after trying every source I could find, to buy one I decided to design and build one. I started this project in early July, and just finished today. I made the front , and back panels of lightweight tempered aluminum, the center spacer of Lucite, and the nylon adjustable boot clip from a cellphone holster. I was trying for lightweight, and strength. My arthritis, failing eyesight, memory loss, loss of strength, and old age, at 86 yrs. all contributed to the length of time that I spent making this sheath. But, as they say, "Here she is". Thanks for sharing, a subject that will only interest a very few.
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