![]() ![]() Some of the Divers knives were fully serrated on one edge. They were later changed to a courser 8 TPI that worked much better. Later "survival" knives had serrations, and later still became straight blades without the wasp waist shape.Īnd IMO, they just lost all the visual appeal of the early knife.īlade serrations were at first 14 Teeth per inch but clogged easily. They also all had the signature wasp waste blade shape with no serrations. It was purported to be for a better blade angle when held in a fencing grip.īut Gerber got so many complaints about the blades being "bent", they soon stopped doing it. ![]() Later models had something called “Armor Hide”, also in Grey & Black.ĭivers models were made with orange & yellow handles.Įarly knives had a canted blade angle to the grip of 5°, 10°, and 15° degree to one side at various times. Since they were all serial numbered, the year of manufacture can be pinned down exactly, and that adds interest to collectors.Įarly knives were made with a sprayed molten steel grip surface called “Cats Tongue” in Grey & black. ![]() In all, there were so many variations made the Gerber MKII has become a collector “specialty” for some knife collectors. Gerber continued production several more years, reaching a high of 12,000+ in 1978, and another high of 15,809 in 1980. Initial production was only 1,000 knives in 1966, 3,999 in 1968, and never exceeded 4,500 to 5,000 per year from 1969 until 1975.Īlso by 1970 or so, the Peaceniks had firm control of the news media and the country's thought process, so Gerber added serrations, and changed the advertising from a deadly Combat knife to a more acceptable Survival knife. The problem was, there just were never enough of them to go around.Įvery time a shipment came into a PX, they were all sold before they got done putting them on the shelf. They were introduced in 1966, and every GI I knew then wanted one. Perhaps the M3 Trench knife & Ka-Bar would best represent WWII & Korea.īut for me at least, the Gerber MKII just screams Vietnam. The M-1918 Mark I brass knuckle trench knife would be WWI. ![]()
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