Originally Posted By: Denis
Originally Posted By: JBMat
I trust BG as far as the nearest Holiday Inn.

And, unfortunately, this is pretty much the quality of most of the critiques of the Gerber BG knives that can be found around the internet.

For completeness, the only exception that I've run across are the very legitimate gripes about the pommel issue that caused the recall on the first version of the original BG Ultimate Knife. Most everything else seems to be either criticisms of the aesthetics or about Bear himself.


I agree, Denis. BG's reputation has taken a beating and that includes what seem like blanket conclusions about his stuff. It's hard sometimes to wade through all of that to find a real nugget of the criticism about this knife.

Other than that pommel in the first run, I haven't heard a negative thing, except the predictable "I hate serrated blades!", which they now offer an alternative to. It's an alternative I preferred, btw, given that I will use this knife to baton wood and don't want to lose the blade length. (My Ruko Muela has a saw back, which doesn't effect the blade length, but it's a smaller knife.)

My hubby and son are determined that I should use a black Sharpie to black out the orange BG on the knife. I like orange, and could do without the Bear insignia, but I gather he was a great Chief Scout in the UK, so I'm going to live with it for that reason if nothing else. (FWIW, I really like his book "Living Wild", and did watch all the shows, but wouldn't really call myself a fan.)

On the contrary, I've heard lots of negatives about Les's Camillus knives. (Which saddens me, because I like Les and want to support a good Canadian boy.) I don't pretend to understand the steel rating debate, but on a very simplistic level, I liked BG's ferro rod, sharpener and sheath, better than Les's ferro rod, survival kit and sheath. (The pocket on that sheath just begged me to start manufacturing a new PSK to fit in it, btw.) Ultimately, I liked the feel of Beard's knife the best in my hand.


BTW, I would get a Moral for a day hike pack, if I could pay $20 or maybe $30 for the LMF or another beefier version, rather than the $40 they wanted today.