The only thing intimidating about that knife is the price tag

@hillbillyfromtheswamp6223

28 күн бұрын

If your interested in the design. Check into the Cold steel drop forged Wasp.

@Psycho-Ssnake

28 күн бұрын

I worry about the heat treatment.

@fivestarlimos

28 күн бұрын

🤣🤣

@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251

28 күн бұрын

ive made a shit-ton of $$$ buying mk ii's (and other bladed goodies) and selling them on ebay in the last year, but there are some delusional sellers out there that dont realize that a newer mk ii isnt worth the same as a vietnam era mk ii and not all blades are created equally.

@ths630

28 күн бұрын

Seriously. They used to be like $119

As a young paratrooper PFC in the 80's, I bought a Gerber Mark II. Its effectiveness on brown, plastic MRE bags was only matched by anything sharp.

@IHateYoutubeHandles615

28 күн бұрын

At least you weren't like that Ranger officer I saw carrying a Buckmaster piece of crap knife.

@user-ub9xw8ro3y

27 күн бұрын

That's not what it's designed for.

@Mad_Alyx

27 күн бұрын

@@user-ub9xw8ro3ywoosh

@Chilly_Billy

27 күн бұрын

😆

@aaftiyoDkcdicurak

27 күн бұрын

Now if we only had light sabers. Just imagine how fast soldiers could dispatch MRE packaging.

Gerber: ''Our knives are made for woodwork and utility use'' Cold Steel: ''Our knives are made to kill people let me show you the damage to our dummies''

@ZommBleed

27 күн бұрын

CS should make the Mk 1 for their customers.

@THEBROKEWOODSMAN

26 күн бұрын

@@ZommBleedin my search for a mark ii i just decided on a cs drop forged wasp. it’s essentially a older mark ii without serrations anyways

@bernardbarr2354

26 күн бұрын

Cold Steel was created because of the weakness of the Gerber point. Lynn said he kept snapping points while stabbing the knife into a tree while training

@bernardbarr2354

26 күн бұрын

​@@ZommBleedthey made the Taipan to address the deficiencies of the Gerber.

@ZommBleed

26 күн бұрын

@@bernardbarr2354 I was more into the tanto and SRK

I walked into the local sporting goods as a teenager and plonked down my $35 bucks and the middle aged man didn't bat an eye or ask a question as he took it out of a fairly large Gerber display case. It was the gray handle version with serrations and oxblood sheath. I was reading David Steele's book on knife fighting and there was no illusion about it being a survival knife.

@mikeylikesit6622

28 күн бұрын

Ever use it in a fight ?

@TheTAEclub

28 күн бұрын

​@@mikeylikesit6622ever been in a fight?

@233kosta

27 күн бұрын

A combat knife IS a survival knife if you're out in the wild and attacked by a hungry animal (assuming you can't escape). You pretty much want the exact same features that make it effective for the military.

@smokedbeefandcheese4144

27 күн бұрын

@@233kostayawn

@coloradohikertrash9958

26 күн бұрын

@@TheTAEclub clearly you've never fought anything unless it's been in a video game.

Your video prompted me to do dig through my stuff. I bought mine back in 1978 at a gun show when I was 14. That thing cost $50 dollars back then which was a lot of money for a kid to spend and it was new/old surplus. I carried that knife for years while doing long distance bicycle rides to get away from my dysfunctional family, later hiked the PCT with it, lived as a working homeless person with it while stealth camping, carried it while I was working for a PMC in the gulf and carried it somewhat concealed but within easy grasp on my various motorcycles over the years. I've moved 3 times in the last 5 years and now I can't find the damn thing which it should have ended up with the rest of my gun paraphernalia in the cupboard above me. I hope I didn't lose it in the last move. I'll have to dig through my container tomorrow and see if it ended up up in my motorcycle gear. That knife saved my life and other peoples lives on several occasions.

@insurgentlowcash7564

28 күн бұрын

I hope you find it man. Know that feeling.

@tigerboy60

28 күн бұрын

Maybe somebody borrowed (stole) it.

@dfpytwa

27 күн бұрын

Found it. I forgot it was in a bag with some of my other mothballed bugout gear. It's something I don't have a use for anymore other than as a collector's item from my youth. I have a Bowie knife that I had a blacksmith modify the handle some time ago so it clips onto my AR-15 as a bayonet. Way better survival knife that I keep in my current bugout bag in my truck and not a uni-tasker like the Gerber Mark II which is strictly a stabby stabby tool.

@raksh9

27 күн бұрын

Hope you find it! Care to share any sanitized stories?

@insurgentlowcash7564

27 күн бұрын

@@dfpytwa awesome man, happy for ya. I found myself partial to the AKM bayo, just gotta sharpen them. That Bowie custom job sounds really cool.

sensitive people have always ruined good things

@SquidGunman

28 күн бұрын

Amen!

@CFox.7

28 күн бұрын

This is not actually a good thing - its next to useless. Not even a good diving knife

@FriedPi-mc5yt

28 күн бұрын

@@CFox.7Can you provide proof of your claims?

@CFox.7

28 күн бұрын

@@FriedPi-mc5yt yeah, which US armed services uses this ? which world armed service uses this ? NONE. Read comments above from others - its useless as a slasher, useless opening cans.. so useless as a survival knife.. which knife the US use ?

@farklestaxbaum4945

28 күн бұрын

yeah, boomers

I bought my MKII from the BX during my first deployment in 75

@mogamedfakier3592

22 күн бұрын

Lekker jy 👍

I carried a Mark I in Desert Storm. Loved it but it was stolen. Got a Mark II when they started back making them In 2008. Love the knife.

I bought a Mark II in 1978 right out of boot camp. During my 15 years in the service I relied on my Kabar and Kukri for heavy work, and kept the Mark II in reserve for specific purposes. It did the job well. I ultimately broke it when I climbed a telephone pole to sever a comms cable and since it was easier to access from my boot as I hung there with my legs were wrapped around the pole I used it to cut the cable. The cable got cut, but only after the blade snapped at the serrations located at the wasp waste--my fault for using the knife to hack the cable in two against the wooden pole, but ever since I wished the Mark II serrations were only on one side and closer to the tip. About 10 years ago I bought another Mark II, but it's a completely different animal.

@ahhamartin

24 күн бұрын

"Serrations on only one side and closer to the tip" describes the Command series.

@JeremyMetcalf-w2j

2 күн бұрын

It didn't break due to its shape. it broke due to its heat treatment. I've seen KA-BARS snap like twigs.

You can tell the Mk2 is showing its age by the many times it needs the Schrade to act as it's stunt double in this video.😏

@knifestory

28 күн бұрын

Wish I could've shown an original, but couldn't find any for less than $300 😢

@ebla83

28 күн бұрын

@@knifestory I wish I had known. I have the 478th one ever made which my dad carried in Vietnam, and my own personal one which I bought.

@JT-466

28 күн бұрын

@@knifestory get a Fox Knives Veleno, it seems like a new and improved version of the Gerber.

@joshchu

28 күн бұрын

@@knifestory Felt you, I sold mine back in 2010', couldn't find another one since then. (at least one with reasonable price tag)😭 When the Schrade Needle was introduced, I bought 2 of them instantly. 😆

@WreckTeam

28 күн бұрын

I the same my father gave me

Military Armament Corp, has recreated the Grey handled, non serrated, wasp waisted Gerber. I got one recently and it scratched my itch for an example of this rare and very expensive Gerber. It’s reasonable in cost, and the sheith is a close copy of the original as well. The only thing the MAC MkII lacks is the “cat’s Tougue” sand paper texture on the grip.

@pinkyellowblue007

3 күн бұрын

Oh thanks for this info, I didn't know about these. I've always wanted one like the originals but prices for them are too high, this will do fine for me.

Bought mine back in the 80s..great pokey poke..still have it.

This is a knife that has always intrigued me, and I ended up amassing quite a collection over the years. I ceased knife collecting and ended up selling most of my Mark II's keeping only a few variations. I also have a couple of Mark 1's and a few Guardians. I had no idea that Al Mar was part of the design update. I have a few AL Mar folding knives in my collection.

Still have one on my old alice pack. Its the second one I have owned, the first came from a vet of the 173rd ABN.

Bought one in high school, took it with me when I joined the military, jumped with it a few times, sold it and wish I had kept it.

My buddy in the navy who was a SEAL bought one in the late 90’s and he thought it was the coolest but it just made me glad I didn’t have his job

What I recall most about these is carrying one in my engineer boot while roaming the wastelands in the last of the v8 Interceptors (seriously "the Road Warrior" deserves a place in your Hollywood photos montage).

Used one made in the 70s for my first hog hunt in Texas 21 years ago. It slid effortlessly behind the shoulder through the heart and the tip could seen peeking through the front of the chest. With the smaller hilt it was easy to rock in past the crossguard and shove in past the handle

I had a Mk.II when I was in the Navy in 1974 and I have an original style Mk.II Vietnam War commemorative boxed set.

I had one in the mid '70s. The tip snapped off almost immediately. I had to grind it back, it was never the same.

I bought a Mk II Survival Knife at the Marine Corps Exchange [MCX] at MCAS Cherry Point, NC in 1974. Straight Blade in the white, with the serrations. Light tan leather sheath had military bent-wire clip to go in the eyelets of the Issue Pistol Belt. Slots in the end of the sheath also allowed mounting on a regular belt. A Honing Steel holder was stitched on tthe top of the sheath. Only issue was the sharp tip pierced its way out of the end of the sheath. I wasn't a Recon wannabe, but I was an avid bowhunter, off-duty. Still have it.

@mattnobrega6621

28 күн бұрын

Oorah! 😎👍

@HootOwl513

28 күн бұрын

@@mattnobrega6621 Semper Fi, Brother.

@mts0628

26 күн бұрын

I live in Winterville and am wondering, do you still bowhunt?

@HootOwl513

26 күн бұрын

@@mts0628 Not any more. That was 50 years ago.

The best chef's knife award winner 1992.

@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray

28 күн бұрын

"it's not just a job . . . it's an *_ADVENTURE!"_*

@jackwalker9492

26 күн бұрын

LOL, I was a professional soldiers (Infantry a long time). I carried a Swiss Army knife which was in high demand by the Rambos with their Gear Queer stuff, later, a multi.tool and a machete when I was in Panama for 4 years that I had cut down about 4 inches. Later, I bought 2 USD knives at Aubocaun Hardware as I stayed in the woods a long time and used it for the kitchen as well. This is pure fantasy for fools with zero experience

@nakumastone715

3 күн бұрын

Is this a Casey Ryback reference?

@joshchu

3 күн бұрын

@@nakumastone715 and nobody beats him in the kitchen.😏

Was unable to beat mine to death as a hiking/backpacking tool. Its still hanging on a beam out of sight, but great memories.

"Schrade" also sells this knife at a very reasonable price with a leather sheathe which clips onto your belt or elsewhere

@mako8091

22 күн бұрын

Schrade what?

@slywolfe

21 сағат бұрын

That's the whole name. Shit company tbh​@@mako8091

“Born to kill, forced to carve” great writing and a great video thanks.

I've heard the story that constantly breaking his Gerber mark 2's in training caused Lynn Thompson to have the idea to start Cold Steel

@ahhamartin

24 күн бұрын

He stated that in print in a early 90's interview I have (Fighting Knives Magazine) but keep in mind he was always a master marketer.

@jeffbanks5103

24 күн бұрын

@@ahhamartin ALWAYS!!! But to me that's the absolute charm of Lynn Thompson. He's kind of like that cool uncle that you know is full of it, but his stories are fun anyway.

@powers1776reset

18 күн бұрын

@@jeffbanks5103 Until you watch a video of his crazy ass, doing outlandish shit, that is somewhat pretty impressive for a fat man to be doing, and you realize that everything you ever heard, was actually true!

I was in the Pacific islands in the early 70s. I did not use Grrber. I had an old WW2 Kabar. It served me well. I still have it

@robmarshall11

Күн бұрын

My Kabar snapped the first time I tried to use it in the field. Used the MK2 for 8 years.

I still own my Gerber mk2 that I bought at the rod and gun club on post over 50 years ago. My grandson drools at it and my model 1911 that I carried.

Hate to rain on this love fest, but . . . Having once owned and put this knife through its’ paces, I am quite critical of it. In nearly every task the knife is nearly useless. Just try using it to clear brush, carve tent pegs, open crates, cut bamboo, or do almost everything you’d ask a knife to do. The handle gives a great grip in one position only, fails to resist twisting in the hand, and quickly becomes painful outside a very narrow temperature range. There’s not enough curve in the edges for very good slicing or skinning tasks.the slim blade gets too fat, too fast for good slicing, yet remains so thin the blade easily breaks at the least side (prying) force. I speculate a lot of these knives broke when owners attempted to duplicate that can’t in the field. The knife is superb for one task alone - as a fighting knife to be used in a stabbing manner. It’s probably more useful than a Fairbairn knife, but not as versatile as an Applegate. Now, were the knife to be widened perhaps 25% and the center strengthened, perhaps a decent bayonet would result. Alas, soldiers already had one of those!

@knifestory

28 күн бұрын

It for sure wasn't meant to be a survival blade- I can't imagine trying to baton or chop with it.

@raetiran463

28 күн бұрын

Knife doesn’t excel at tasks it was never designed for. Shocking. Gerber’s Strongarm would be a better choice for heavier survival work

@markwalker4485

28 күн бұрын

@@knifestory the Gerber sucked for a combat knife compared to a real purpose made combat knife like a Bauchop. And you are a fool to think this knife was meant for anything other than kill. These types of knives “normally” are meant for special operations folks that do have another tools to do things like pry or clear brush. But the Bauchop made basically custom knife was invented by an SAS officer and stayed mostly with only those type of people. I did own a Gerber and a Randall model 2 and IF in a push I would pick the Randall but it still sucked but would not cut my fingers in training to “remove” sentries.

@savageater57

28 күн бұрын

I bought mine at the PX in '70 . I think it was $20 at the time , still have it in my locker to keep the grandkids away from it . Holds an edge too sharp to touch .

@chillios2222

28 күн бұрын

these knives were ok, not terrible

I had one in the Army back in the '80's. Opened MRE's with it.

This knife, the mark II and the guardian had one thing in common...the tips broke off if you did ANYTHING with it, so save it for stabbing a two legged mammal, its good for nothing else. That's for the Gerber versions, I'm sure knifemakers made copies in better steel, but I suffered through the factory models.

@michaelsnyder3871

27 күн бұрын

I too suffered a broken tip (about 1mm) but I just ground it back into a point.

@michaeldbhawker3556

26 күн бұрын

It was designed for nothing else

@hitthelikebutton9611

26 күн бұрын

Haha I got mine in a trade for a case of beer in the early 90’s owing to the fact that the tip had 1/4 inch broken off. Some determination and elbow grease earned me a shorty Mk.2.

@JosephDawson1986

24 күн бұрын

Well since its a fighting knife that doesn't surprise. It was designed to be an American version of the Sykes-Fairbairn fighting knife.

@ahhamartin

24 күн бұрын

Interesting. I got mine in 87 and it went to Iraq twice. Still has the original tip.

0:43 Did you think the 101st Airborne was a bomber wing?

@astormofwrenches5555

27 күн бұрын

Looks like it

@ahhamartin

24 күн бұрын

I wondered that too. Some C47 footage would have fit better.

Carried one for 3 1/2 years,on 3 continents. I got no complaints.

Cat tongue was called for the coating on the handle!

The Gerber mark 1 and mark 2 has been around since the Vietnam war. Which is why i own two of the Vietnam era and two from current models

Whilst carrying out some work for the US Army in Germany in 1981, one of the American soldiers gave me his Gerber Mark II combat knife, which he had carried in Vietnam. I really liked it and attached it to my webbing when I returned to my regiment (my personal weapon was an SMG, so I did not carry a bayonet). Years later, I gave it to a friend who added it to her collection of knives and swords.

My mom special ordered one for my dad in 1968 when he was going to Nam. It has the textured handle, the canted smooth razor-sharp blade, and the leather pouch with sharpening stone. It sits in my drawer along with his Colt Commander in mint condition. I still remember the day by brother almost cut his finger off while messing around with it! Very unique knife!

These haven't been made of L6 steel for a loooong time.

Any well made knife will do its job. Knives, like guns, are merely tools. It is the person using it who is skilled or dangerous.

@gohldfingah

23 күн бұрын

Hear, hear -- well said.

I remember drooling over this knife at the knife store in the 80’s when I was a teen.

While in the 101st Airborne in the mid to late 1980’s, I had one of these as part of my kit and also a Gerber Tac2.

Never saw how this was so much scarier than the old Fairbarin Sykes.

I'd say the Cold Steel Dropped Forge Wasp is every the Mark II wanted to be an more. At the cost of a few more ounces.

Get an EK commando knife Instead, it has full tang

@bakixavirists4561

17 күн бұрын

Ek is mid

@timhenry326

17 күн бұрын

@bakixavirists4561 not my Richmond va 40 year old M4 not sure about the new kabar made models but I've owned a earlier Miami EK style 1 that, unfortunately , x wife sold at a garage sale the late Rex Applegate told me it was a keeper so I acquired another and it's my edc regardless off current value which seems to be increasing. BTW, the Ek is full tang and Gerber is a rattail tang only goes into the handle about 3 inches

Great vid as always, really entertaining and interesting stories!

As an E-2 in 1986 I couldn't afford a Mk2, but I bought a Mk1 that I still have. It's been twice around the world with me, though the only blood it's ever drawn was mine. d'oh!

I still use my SX40D that I used back in '67 during Operation ML14-23, I was a sergeant in 2nd unit 567, division 67-T, first platoon WqRT frontline force 2112.

bought mine in 78, still have it. definitely a keeper.

Used my Mark II for about 10 years in the field. Then traded it, at a knife show for a Gerber Bowie.

The Kabar 1211 makes this thing look like a butter knife. I've used mine for 20yrs at home and on the job and still looks new.

Well done video, thanks

I switched to Fairbairn after the die cast handle of my Gerber broke in duty (Early 80's). I did like my Gerber, but I loved my FS for it's intended purpose.

This is funny. I had a Mark I and a Mark II way back in the '80s. Wish I still had them, so I could sell them.

Why would you buy one when you could have a Randall?

@Knife Story Have you seen the Cold Steel Wasp Dagger? It has a great steel composition and mimics the blade pattern more closely to the OG Mark II with a very different but potentially comparable handle that is part of the knife's single piece design. It seems like some real research and love went into it.

@FriedPi-mc5yt

28 күн бұрын

I’ve got one and it’s pretty nice. No lethal encounters so far. I hope it never sees any use. But it’s a good companion for a sidearm.

@deenyc1049

28 күн бұрын

I have a cold steel drop forged boot knife. One piece steel handle, I love it.

I have a large collection of various Gerber knives plus some other interesting types. I have finish off wounded animals with a Mark 1 and taught several guides how to be more effective with less damage to the hides.

I have one... my ex-wife worked for Gerber and I tested/did R/D for their knives as a contractor.

Interesting info. I don't know why this popped up in my feed but I'm glad it did. I've got a fairly mint one that according to the serial number was made in 1967. It's got the 5 degree bend and is stainless steel with the cat tongue handle texture. I've not seen another like it.

I loved that knife. I had one in the 80's

I honestly had no idea the original design had that 5 degree bend. I got mine in the late 1980s at the Sharper Image store in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Honestly if I where a soldier and I where going to carry a knife. I rather it be able to fill the roles of both a combat knife and a cutting tool. Weight counts when you are on the march and carrying a double edged knife that is only good in combat would be a liability in my eyes. I had rather carry a bowie style knife with a single edge that I can fight with but still use as a cutting tool and a battoning device on things like firewood.

@gohldfingah

23 күн бұрын

Randall No. 14; or Ka-Bar, at the least.

I have two I got in the 80’s. I used them for years in the Marines. Great knives. Gerber knew their audience as their advertising shows. I got mine because a lot of the Vietnam vets who were my early leaders in the Marines had them.

“The designer was in the 101st airborne division”… background shows B17s 😂

@gohldfingah

23 күн бұрын

I know, eh--funny.

Thanks for the history lesson! Got mine in 82, give or take, for self defense. Then got a custom one in 85 when my TBS class had some made as a souvenir of our mess night. Have the smaller Bauchop too. These are definitely not survival or camp knives!

Bought mine at the local hardware store in the early 80s while still in High School. Came with the black handle and black leather sheath. Still have the original box around here somewhere.

The Army PX sold a lot of them. The tips always broke off.

@IHateYoutubeHandles615

28 күн бұрын

I'd expect that of the stainless ones, but less so of the the original L6 tool steel ones. As long as you weren't prying with them that is.

Thank you for the awesome knife, and thank you for your service sir!

So amazing it will even be adopted in the future by the United States Colonial Marine Corp (Space Marines)

I have one,made in the early 80's. US made in good steel with serrated edge,thick spine and a good and stiff sheat. Got it from my best friend who was a Major in the Norwegian Army. Was in the Gulf war and in Lebanon in the old days. The knife is mint. And as a sticker it must be a grest one. The thick ridge line or shall i say diomond section makes a very wide open blood letting hole. It is sharp.

Military Armament Corporation makes a fairly close clone of the original design with no serrations, a gray handle (not sure about the material or texture) and a 440C blade.

I own a 3rd pattern Commando dagger, the type used from 1942 onwards, you can really see the lineage, though the Gerber is even thicker and the balance is almost exactly on the crossguard compared to just down on the handle for the commando.

Don’t throw your Gerber dagger! Gerber blades are brittle. That’s how I broke mine. :(

@derick4774

23 күн бұрын

Don’t throw any knife unless it’s a throwing knife.

I bet the original goes for a pretty penny in collector’s circles.

if you are questioned about it by the cops, just say its a letter opener

Have 4 or 5 mkiis, love em. First one i bought when i was 17, still have it and love it

Bought mine as a teenager. Now getting to retirement age. It got about as much use as my emerson folder..none!!

As an archaeologist I find really moving how material and artifactual traditions in tools such as knives carry the "spirit" of some idea or innovation that becomes truly immortal.

@zrazghost

28 күн бұрын

same but im just a troglodyte who doesnt have a degree

@TigerMethodSeduction

28 күн бұрын

​@@viciousKevlol

I collect these.The L6 bandsaw steel "double edge razor", and the blunt final offerings are worlds apart in terms of usefulness.

I found a real Gerber at a pawn shop years ago ,it had the canted blade and was sharp as hell.I ended up selling it to a collector for 5 times what I paid for it

I have the same exact knife at 0:55, never used,still in its original sheath. My dad bought it in 1986

Kinda funny that the knife shown the most in the vid isn’t a Gerber Mark2😂

It's hard to find anything exciting about this knife, as this video proves.

I'd pick a Khukuri, say the one in service now, oh, I already own one, or the Kabar U.S. Marine corps Fighting/Utility knife. Oh, I have one of those too. Both well proven in battle and quite capable of non battle tasks.

I had one. It cost my 50 bucks at the time. Now this things go for up to $1,000 depending on style and condition.

@JT-466

27 күн бұрын

or you just buy a new Fox Knives Veleno

I bought mine in Camp Geiger in 1995. I still have it.

It's an iconic design, but as a practical field knife there are far better options. It has poor cutting due to the thick double bevels from the dagger design. A regular Kabar will cut better but doesn't look anywhere near as cool :)

I own a mark 2. I hate it for every purpose. Sending a shitty dagger that cant cut shit into a jungle was a terrible idea.

Mad max has one of these in the second movie lol

Well as someone who was a young wanna be killer in my early army days (the 80s) I purchased two of these to attach to my equipment while in the the field and they weren’t cheap, both broke while in use and I got tired of re-filling the broke tip. Don’t know how current ones are but those were junk and broke metal looked like it was cast… I learned my lesson and stuck with both a kbar and Ontario knife copy which I still have today. Save your money and stay away from gerber.

Love this knife...carried one when I was in the Army.

Sorry, but I have owned 3 Gerber® brand knives. The steel is too brittle. Tips will snap off, and edges will chip. But...then again, I use my knives for building shelters and snares, not eliminating enemy soldiers.

My friend had one of these in the early 80’s. We ended up getting the smaller boot knives.

Bought mine in '80 for $20 from another student. Money well spent. As a camping or survival knife a Marine Bowie or Glock M81 is a better choice.

Always the 'FUN' cutlery is banned in my Country. I like my foldable 4" "Walther" from way back when. It is on my hip in the field 24/7. As the last Officer asked about? It is my Utility Knife. Wana see the Bowie Knife?

Side note: The 101 doesn't fly heavy bombers. Not even in WWII.

I picked mine up at the SF book store in '67 at Ft Bragg and was stolen when I was Med Evaced from Nam in June of '68!!!

@JosephDawson1986

24 күн бұрын

I had one from my uncle who served in Vietnam, KIA in June 1968, it was in a bunch of stuff of his sent home and it sat in my grandmother's( his Sister in Law) attic. I lost it when I moved from Maine to Mississippi in 2004. He was A Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st CavDiv. Yes I know Vietnam was a big war and not everyone knows everyone just thought it would have been a hell of a coincidence if your knife was the knife Uncle Jim had in his effects when sent home. They did recover him and he was sent home and buried proper, I know that much.

Are the Mark IIs wannabe Fairbairn-Sykes British commando daggers? That's what this story should be based on. Fairbairn single handedly saved Shanghai while he was there. ;)

It's all in the reflexes

@geegaw14

28 күн бұрын

He was using the Gerber MK 1 knife not the MK 2

@IHateYoutubeHandles615

28 күн бұрын

@@geegaw14 No he was using a Gerber Tac II, without the cool sheath developed by Blackie Collins. He may have been using the ones labeled "First Production Run" with the subdued finish rather than the later ones with the cheap bright blade finish.

I love this knife since I've watched Under Siege 2 Dark Territory (1995) where Marcus Penn played by Everett McGill uses it at the end of the movie.

@norsepatriot

28 күн бұрын

The Mark 2 was used in the 1st Under Siege movie during the fight scene with Steven Segal and Tommy Lee Jones.

I remember when it first came out. The bend, or off set, was explained as not only to make it more comfortable against the hip but also to make the blade in line with the forearm when gripped, which fencers have done with their blades for many years, so when you hold the grip the blade points straight ahead. I first saw in in the Gun Room gun store an I was told “this is for things that go bump in the night.” How true!I have two, one from the 1970s and a recent one. Both are razor sharp. If I weld two Mora blades back-to-back I have a double edged dagger blade. Do the same with two SWAk blades. No one disputes the effectiveness of a double bit ax - why dispute the effectiveness of a double edged dagger? My Gerbers are 1/4” thick and I could skin and dismember game with them, carve wood, do anything I could do with my Mora while having two sharp edges to use. Two sharp edges are what hunters use on their broad heads. No one poo poos two edges on a broad head or ax. Why on a knife?

@justinriley8651

28 күн бұрын

you wanna investigate a bump in the night with a goofy ass knife? I prefer a 12 gauge, but more power to ya.