A friend of mine showed me a knife yesterday asking me if I could identify it. I thought he was quizzing me but he genuinely didn't know. It was a large Gerber hunting knife and was obviously on the old side. Black handle, leather sheath, fixed blade.

At first glance it looked like a Harsey Hunter...but maybe not quite. What threw me was the stamping on the blade. One side said 'GERBER' and the other said 'TAIWAN'. The first thing I thought was there's no way an award winning all american knife maker like Bill Harsey would allow one of his knives to be made in Taiwan...but then again Gerber wasn't always as patriotic as it is today.

Can anybody confirm that the Harsey Hunter was once made in Taiwan? I know it's seen a few different versions.

yeah they are made in Taiwan, as you know i am a fan of the harsey hunter and still have afew in there original packets and has made in taiwan printed on them.



i have 13 atm and another tan one on it's way

This one? The sheath pictured is kydex, but they also came with leather ones.



Yes they were made in Taiwan.

I'm partly shocked...and partly impressed that I ID'd it right the first time.

Goes to show that second guessing yourself never gets your ahead.

well i have the exact same knife that was recently purchased used from a gun show with all of the marking ground off, now that i know what it was, is it a good knife?

i like the knife alot feels good in the hand takes an good edge fairly easy to sharpen.

still using the original one i got acouple of years ago and have used it for everything camping related from punching holes in cans to batoning. gerber no longer make this knife so i have bought enough to last me awhile