When Was the Gerber Knife made.

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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When Was the Gerber Knife made.

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I think it is Model 300 and Made 1977/1978 Per my Research : What do you Say: OldYooper.
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It's nice to find the USA made ones. ::tu:: I don't know anything about this model though, but ::welcome:: to AAPK!

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I believe that's an early Gerber LST. One of the knives that made history by Pete Gerber and Blackie Collins. The LST (light, smooth, tough) was the first knife to use injection molded (glass filled nylon) handles. It was an attempt to make a knife that was lighter than micarta and other traditional materials they were using at the time. Changed the industry forever. The stamp looks like 70s, maybe very early 80s, but if I recall the LST debuted in either 1980 or 1981.
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The LST is my favorite Gerber. I have 7-8 including 2 of the OHO LST II’s. Why the LST II is a mystery to me
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Haven't been able to be on here due to medical reasons but....
Looks like ya got a 82-83 LST
My name is Mud,
But call me Alowishus Devadander Abercrombie
That's long for Mud, so I've been told
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