#206717 - 08/25/10 01:45 AM
Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/11/05
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Anyone seen this? Bear's new knife
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#206718 - 08/25/10 01:48 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: TeacherRO]
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Registered: 02/13/09
Posts: 395
Loc: Connecticut, USA
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I like that it has a built in fire starter, but I still won't buy it.
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#206724 - 08/25/10 02:39 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: Phaedrus]
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Registered: 02/14/08
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Loc: Croton on Hudson, NY
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It looks like an LMF 2 (or prodigy) with mods. As for the BG jokes, he's entertaining, having fun, and laughing all the way to the bank.
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#206725 - 08/25/10 02:53 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: tomfaranda]
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As for the BG jokes, he's entertaining, having fun, and laughing all the way to the bank. So is the current POTUS. Still doesn't make it right.
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#206728 - 08/25/10 03:19 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: Glock-A-Roo]
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Heres more info. Gerber Lee
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#206731 - 08/25/10 03:39 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: leemann]
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Registered: 07/23/08
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I am willing to give it a shot. Fact is I would rather take a $60 knife and beat the hell out of it, find its breaking point to know what my limits are with it and quickly replace it locally when I need to, (give me an hour and I'd find a shop selling Gerber nearby) than buy a $150, $250+ knife that looks great, never use it cause its a XYZ brand or "I don't want to mare it" and then when I lose it or snap it, have to order it online and wait a week to get it.
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#206734 - 08/25/10 03:42 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: Glock-A-Roo]
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Registered: 10/11/05
Posts: 105
Loc: Afghanistan
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How does the old saying go, "the best knife for survival is the one you have with you"? I do not see myself using this for every day carry. I have carried some sort of knife for the past 40 years, Boy Scout knife, Swiss Army Huntsman or Compact, and now as a contractor in Afghanistan the Leatherman Skeletool (basic all stainless) it is the most practical knife/multitool I have ever owned. When traveling in country I also carry a Benchmade AFO II attached to my IBA (individual body armor). I used an SOG for a while when I first got to Iraq but it was too big, too heavy, and too hard to open and finally sent home. Most multitools lack sufficient strength to do anything heavy and once you bugger a blade you’re screwed, for the heavy stuff you need the correct tool from your bag.
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#206743 - 08/25/10 09:02 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: Glock-A-Roo]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3182
Loc: Big Sky Country
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As for the BG jokes, he's entertaining, having fun, and laughing all the way to the bank. So is the current POTUS. Still doesn't make it right. He's got a lot of belly laughs to go to match the last POTUS. And for those defenders of Bear, Britney Spears & LiLO, remember- I'm not laughing at them, I'm laughing with them...they're just not laughing because they don't get it yet. 
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#206744 - 08/25/10 09:24 AM
Re: Bear Grylls Survival Knife...
[Re: Phaedrus]
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Registered: 07/02/06
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I think I'd be very glad to have this in an emergency kit if I find myself ina tight sport - regardless of your opinion on BG I think it is a decent tool, even if those of us that spend too much time thinking about this stuff have different opinions
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