Gerber Bear Grylls Paracord Fixed Blade Knife REVIEW!

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4.3/5.0

QUALITY: 4/5

RELIABILITY: 5=4/5

PRICE: 5/5

REFERABILITY:  4/4

 

Quality

I have a couple of knives Gerber and always enjoy excellent quality and benefit. As expected, it would be the paracord Fixed Blade Gerber demonstrates these attributes to make the case again, as a unique niche between a knife and a survival knife is filled full size.

With only 3.5 ounces, the paracord fixed blade loads for wear throughout the day. Add the case brings the total weight of just 5.75 ounces - being easy. Made of steel 5Cr15MoV, however, this slim and lightweight knife is strong, well balanced and easy to grip, attached with or without paracord.

Shell sports an equal design and wiry with an accessory belt, which bind to facilitate top up, down or sideways support (how Bear Grylls usually carries a knife). If you are not using the belt, you can use the knife to whip your team or yourself with lanyard holes. Click knife positively in the vagina and requires a strong attraction for them. In other words, it will not fall or get accidentally shot. Note: The only downside is wearing the cloak aside, you can push or pull the sheath along the tape as you try to use them or re-cover it.

Ironically, the paracord is fixed blade knife - a cutter - comes with 45 inches of paracord for joining or whipping wrapped around the handle. Quickly becoming one of the most useful resources for outdoor types and backcountry paracord has dozens of applications in survival situations. An immediate application could manipulate the paracord knife fixed to an employee for use as a skewer.

Reliability

The Gerber contributed fixed Paracord complete, robust and secure shank sheet, the performance in a variety of cutting tasks. The sheet came with a razor sharp edge and cleans up the rope, cardboard, wire and small cut slightly trimmed sharp spikes on branches or other sticks. Inside and outside the vagina dozen times click showed no loss of traction and safety and paracord handle handle ripples in the top of the sheet provided good buy. They are what you have to stick another tool for anyone with the butt of the knife as Knauf. But the paracord fixed blade diameter should be moderate and that performs this function very well.

                                   

Price / Performance

If the paracord fixed blade was a strong, sharp knife, would be $ sales price a good value in the 37th With the paracord handle and versatile jacket is a great value, especially if you are looking for a knife, the type of adjustment between a folder and a survival knife full size. In lifetime warranty Gerber and you have to get an assessment of price / performance five stars.

Referability

If you need something more robust and durable than a folder, but not a survival knife full-size, fixed blade paracord must be to check on your list. With good looks, high functionality and the lifetime warranty Gerber this knife brand Bear Grylls gets four stars for referablity.

Cleaning & Lubricating Knive...

How to clean the great Gerber Knive..

You've probably heard the old adage "a blunt knife is a dangerous knife." I want to introduce a new saying: "a dirty knife is a dangerous knife." While the internals of a pocket knife are not too complicated, function knife can fluff with bags especially around the pivot and lock clogged areas. In the case of swinging the knife may be slower or more difficult to open, and grew up around the castle, the knife is opened or closed lock, which could result in serious injury. Prolonged use and the burden of sad material or salt water can even cause permanent damage to the blade.

For these reasons, it is a good idea to perform regular maintenance on your knife. I like clean and lubricate me once a month or less. This is also a good time to review your meter for other potential problems, such as corrosion of the blade or internal components problems and check for loose screws.

                     

CLEANING

As already mentioned, it is necessary to concentrate on the swing of the knife and the restricted areas.

If you just shed some light pocket lint, you can in order to remove a rule with a stick a screwdriver or probe it.

                       

If you have sand and gravel, you may want to use warm soapy water and rinse the blade with a brush (I like to use a toothbrush). If you go this route, go ahead and brush the entire sheet including the blade and the handle shells. Often, this is all they can produce is their grips to its original splendor. Do not be afraid to get wet or soapy internals, remember, this is the most important area to be cleaned. So be sure to rinse thoroughly.

If the sheet has an excess accumulation of bad taste and dirty that cannot come up with one of the following methods, try the knife in a bowl of hot water to help loosen dirt should. A user comment below Instructable Denger mentioned that one should be careful, or avoid, damage this method is used in the knife with natural materials such as wood, abalone or mother of pearl-and even plastic handles at most time in the water remaining in or near boiling temperatures.

Then try the scanning process, followed by the washing process. This should take the most challenging himself residue.

If the knife is still rough or difficult to open, the knife for a more thorough cleaning, not covered in this article is necessary to decompose. You may need special tools and the process is much depending on whose blade working range. Many knife manufacturers also tell you that the dismantling your knife void the warranty.

How to identify counterfeit Gerber Bear Grylls Ultimate Knives

Alert on counterfeit! Buy only the great gerber knive!

Gerber is an iconic American company, its brand and products have global reach and relevance. For more than 70 years Gerber has its client’s high quality, reliable and innovative products, which are waiting for us our end customers.

                    

Gerber All products are designed and developed also made in Portland, Oregon, where many are. However, it will be the creation and distribution of counterfeit goods Gerber unauthorized third parties. Counterfeit products do not meet the strict standards of quality and safety to meet Gerber, and have a lifetime warranty Gerber.

Counterfeit products are visually deceptive and can mislead unsuspecting consumers. This is a serious problem the customer and the impact of the Gerber brand. Once identified, Gerber takes aggressive steps to close illegal activities and stop unsafe counterfeit products Gerber market.

Counterfeit products often listed in the e-commerce websites, including Alibaba, eBay and Amazon, and sold to nearby retail prices to unsuspecting buyers as "100% real" articles "real" or.

To ensure that you get a high quality, authentic product and lifetime warranty Gerber Gerber, always buy from an authorized dealer or directly from Gerber Gerber dealer.

Fakes Reported By Our Users:

seller or source	reports	last updated
Alibaba/AliExpress	4	Dec 09, 2014
Amazon	1	Jun 17, 2015
eBay	15	May 04, 2015
Facebook	1	Mar 27, 2015
internet vendor	4	Jan 28, 2015
retail store	3	Aug 13, 2015
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Warnings / risks:

Counterfeit products do not meet strict quality and safety standards to meet Gerber. Counterfeit products have a lifetime warranty Gerber.

Recommended Action:

Buying quality products at authorized Gerber legitimate distributors. There are many fake products being sold on e-commerce sites like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba China / AliExpress.

If in doubt, check the website or compare Gerber suspect products in a real knife Gerber at an authorized dealer.

If you purchase an e-commerce site (including eBay, Amazon or AliExpress) always keep a fake false proof of their dispute, the manufacturer or authorities. In case of return, the seller says it is not a fake or re-sells to other unsuspecting consumers. Contact your credit card company and dispute the charges - which have as evidence of forgery. Negative vote "Counterfeit" for the seller.

How to Identify a Fake Product :

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Which knife do you have?

The authentic current version has wider orange plastic trim between the handle and pommel than the original version.

The Gerber branding is above the primary bevel on the current version, but below it on the original version.

 

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Be careful when authenticating your knife using the sheath. The sheaths on the current and previous versions are different.

The Bear logo is in a different position on the two authentic sheaths and easily confused with the counterfeit. (image: Gerber)

 

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Gerber's legendary knives feature quality, reliability and attention to detail that Gerber's customers expect.

Look closely and you will find metal blade guards protecting both sides of the authentic Gerber sheath -- a detail missing on counterfeits.

 

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The authentic current Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife is available in both a fine edge and serrated edge model (shown with model numbers).

Note the wider orange plastic trim separating the handle from the pommel, and the proprietary Gerber font.

 

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Authentic Bear Grylls Ultimate Knives are packaged in a graphic backed plastic blister pack.

The authentic current Ultimate Fine Edge Knife packaging is on the left, the Ultimate Serrated Edge Knife is on the right.

 

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This counterfeit Bear Grylls Ultimate Knife and packaging is common on e-commerce websites including Alibaba, eBay and Amazon.

To ensure you get an authentic Gerber product and Gerber's Full Lifetime Warranty, buy from authorized Gerber retailers.

 

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The trademarked "Gerber" branding on authentic Gerber Bear Grylls Knives is a stylized proprietary font.

The counterfeit knife does not have the correct Gerber font.

 

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This is an authentic original version Bear Grylls Ultimate knife with accessories.

This authentic knife differs slightly from the current version Ultimate Knife. Be careful when comparing different versions of the knife.

 

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While they may look the same, there are visual differences.

The authentic early version knife shown has the branding in the primary bevel. This counterfeit has the branding above it. This counterfeit is also lacking a bevel around the lanyard hole.

 

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Compare the sheaths on the authentic early version and the counterfeit sheath shown here

The nylon sheath fabric is very different. The font used for "GERBER" is much larger and a different style. The securing strap has thread tails.

 

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This "New" counterfeit Grylls Ultimate Knife was received from a China internet seller, just as shown here, wrapped in aluminum foil.

Both the box and the foil wrapping identify it as a counterfeit.

 

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Poor quality is common with counterfeits. This is very clear with the counterfeit Ultimate knife shown here. The plastic cracked during the photo shoot, and the pommel began to separate from the handle.

Buy authentic knives from authorized retailers.