I have had my original Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival knife for around 9 months and have used it on many a camp trip, the only thing that I did not enjoy on it was the serrations. So when I saw that Gerber were releasing a fine edged version it would make a very good knife a great knife. Considering Bear himself is English you have to wonder why such an endorsed product is only currently available in North America?
I do wish Gerber would specify the type of high carbon stainless steel that the drop point blade is made from as they do not mention it on the specification online. I would also like to see fine edged versions of the folding sheath and scout versions of the knife.
I am also concerned about the two pieces of metal that sit just inside the sheath, after removing the knife and placing it back in the sheath 10 times I noticed it was gouging as it did on my original knife.
So I removed them to prevent the edge being damaged, just as well that the sheath includes a diamond sharpener.
As with the original the fire steel throws a good spark and you can purchase a replacement one for $5 should you wear it out or lose it, to prevent you losing the fire steel you could attach the whistle to it and wrap the cord around the sheath so that should the fire steel move from its stored location it would still be attached to the sheath.
I will add some cord to the sheath of the fine edged version and relocate the whistle from the pommel to the fire steel in the future as I felt the whistle affected my grip on the handle.
It’s nice to know that Gerber do listen to the feedback of their users and I would like to see a mollie sheath available. Not to make it a tactical knife, but to increase the options of carrying the knife and additional extras you could carry to improve your odds in a survival situation.
