How to identify counterfeit Gerber Bear Grylls Ultimate Knives

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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.