* Many commentators have given a negative opinion on that knife because it appears to them to be a real survival knife. It's possible, I believe them because I am not a specialist in this activity. ---> I have a question: How many of us are making survival? * All weekend, I'm in the mountains (winter and summer). * Sometimes I sleep in a refuge. 2 times a year, we will in tents but in a "secure" high valley (no wolf, lynx, lion, scorpion, crocodile ... Only marmots, chamois, ibex). * I do not claim to survival. I still have the picnic in the backpack, and shelters feed us in the evening. * Of the thousands of people I meet every year in pictures courses, caving, canyoning, climbing, glacier walking etc ... I have never met a person who was survival. * So for the vast majority of us, this knife is more fun than a need to fight against wild beasts and the hostility of the dangerous nature. . ** I bought the folding knife of the same brand. ** I have not had that happiness with and when I lent to people around the fire, they found the nice, solid and practical. ** So I wanted to buy the version "not folding." ** The blade is pus largest and most rigid grip. ** Cut food, prune a branch, cut a small tree is a real pleasure. ** With its bright color, I always found in the grass. ** In the Vercors, I harvest the nuts without problem and I breaks with the handle with a reinforcement "Steel". ** I lit a fire with its dedicated stone. It is obviously very dry paper because this is not always a match like Rambo. ** The case is practical and hurtful to my fragile hands or for pants (it would be a shame to have her shorts and hiking pants damaged by a knife or its case). ** The whistle is quite powerful and screaming my neighbor's dog lol ** Having bought less than 55, I think the quality / great price. . - Negatives (for the perfect product does not exist): - The toothed part may be a little long. But as it exists in the same proportion on the folding knife, I had grown accustomed to nUse the bet before, so .... this is a negative point? - Fire Stone can slip into the case and has a locking in "plastic". But although the handle is provided with a hole, it does not come with a string to tie (an old shoelace solves this problem). - The belt loop is not adjustable. As I fixed the holster on the hip belt of my backpack, I had to tinker a "trick" because the width / height / thickness is more important than the passing of this case. . Although I prefer the foldable version that is more practical, lighter and less cumbersome for the "daily", I am pleased to have this Gerber. A pleasure to less than 60 does not sulk.
