The Bear Grylls Knife

**Mattnu** · 06-02-2011, 09:54 PM

Our Friend Tomahawk is back in the world and worked himself into a Bear Grylls Survival knife. This his initial take on it...

My good friend Matt came up to the mountains the other day to invite me to a BBQ on memorial day so i packed up my gear and headed to town with him. Once there I went to see my good friend and Knife expert/Historian Trapper Jon. I was looking to buy a new swiss army knife since mine is getting old and pretty worn out.

Trapper Jon had one of the new Bear grils survival knives by gerber blades, I managed to get it for 30 bucks from TJ and took it back to the mountains to try it out.

I can say straight out that i dont like the serrations on the blade, if this knife had a straight blade with no serrations it would be a hell of a lot better. I did some batoning and prying, I even got a few sparks on quarts. there is a ferro rod that clips into the sheath along with a diamond honing stone on the inside of the sheath - kinda cool. the knife is a nice looking blade, multi functional, inexpensive, and pretty indestructible.

Ultimatly though, I didnt see that this knife is any better than my $6.00 dollar green River knife ,"Old Butch" that I have been packing for the past 22 years.

Im going to give this Gerber to a friend down the road and stick with "Old Butch", my GRK has taken me many miles and will take me many more with no frills.

Tomahawk - scouts out!

http://tomahawksadventuretravel.blog...lls-knife.html

**solocanoe** · 06-02-2011, 10:20 PM

Sounds like a realistic assessment to me - no flaming, just saying...and in the end passing passing it along. Tomahawks got a good take on things (to me )

thanks for sharing, Mattnu!

**SkogKniv** · 06-02-2011, 10:25 PM

I seen Tomahawk was back stateside. Looks like he and Discovery are working something out as well.

**Adahy** · 06-02-2011, 11:40 PM

I'm going to start calling that knife the LMF III. It looks just like the LMF II that Gerber makes and has similar features. (sharpener, hammer pummel, serrations)

The LMF has a less curved handle and a pointed pummel.

I wonder if it's the same knife blank?

**Thehighwayman** · 06-02-2011, 11:46 PM

LMF II is much larger. Bear Grylls knife is close to the Prodigy.

**Adahy** · 06-02-2011, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by Thehighwayman

LMF II is much larger. Bear Grylls knife is close to the Prodigy.

Good call.

**Cahlan** · 06-03-2011, 12:00 AM

Thanks for the post. I have to agree with Tomahawk if the serrations were removed or even optional then I would be willing to bet more people would give it a second look/ buy one.