Gerber 22-01629 LMF II Black Infantry Knife
March 15th, 2009A Cryptogon reader bought one of these. It looks good. Lifetime warranty. 43% off. Ships for free (U.S. only). Check out the reviews. I shudder to think what I’d have to pay in NZ for this.
Gerber 22-01629 LMF II Black Infantry Knife- 4.8 inch blade
Gerber 22-01629 LMF II Black Infantry Knife
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These are awesome. I picked up a couple of these last fall, and they’ve held up well in wet, dirty and muddy conditions. Great to have for hiking, backpacking, around the house, or on walkabout.
As a slightly cheaper alternative, the Glock 81 is also an excellent all-purpose heavy-duty field knife. It sports a 6.5″ blade instead of the 4.8″ blade on the Gerber LMF II, but doesn’t come with the sheath + built-in sharpener, and lacks some of the advertised utility features.
[NOTE: I Changed the Glock 81 link to Amazon. —Kevin]
Might I suggest a couple of links to books on flint knapping?
While this blade appears excellent, it is way out of my price range, and even when I lived in the world and it wasn’t, it would still be deer enough to (adversely?) affect my use of it.