BG Ultimate knife. straight from the horses mouth!

[Dan1982]

THIS is why we should all buy one!! makes me feel he was "DEFINITELY" heavily involved in the design and testing process!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZo1s5DziLI&feature=related

Enjoy!!

Dan

 

[johnnythefox]

i believe he worked on the formulae for the steel and hand forges them all himself

 

[John Fenna]

Plastic tat!
See the reviews!

 

[Dan1982]

i like how "grippy" it is!! lol

 

[British Red]

Straight from the horses.....oh ...mouth you said....

 

[sapper1]

I handled one of these this weekend along with his parang,they are exactly what they look like.
The knife felt very cheap and nasty and the parang seemed to be the exact opposite of what a parang should be.
I washed my hands after touching them.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Damn i feel so inadiquate now without one of these. Can anyone tell me where i can get one from today.

Oh and do you know if i can get one without the grippy rubber handle and the stainless blade.

 

[British Red]

It would be a great knife with a few modifications.....

 

[_mark_]

Cha-Ching!

 

[sapper1]

It would be a great knife with a few modifications.....

If it was modded with a new blade,handle and sheath it could be an excellent knife.

 

[slasha9]

It's got serrations, it looks like a cheap imitation of several knives that Gerber already make and, looking at the video, when the firesteel is used most of the sparks seem to adhere to the knife blade. Maybe it was just melting.

Sorry, I don't like BG bashing but that knife looks to be a 'cash-in' celebrity-brand-fanboy gimmick, which is a little disappointing.

Shame

 

[Dan1982]

thought you would all enjoy this! never actually seen him talk about his knife before, personally reckon he is more of a tool than any of his knives!!......see what i did there??.... i thankyou!!

 

[British Red]

if it was modded with a new blade,handle and sheath it could be an excellent knife.

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[MSkiba]

I think its an excellent product to sell. Good popularity, good marketing, cheap build cost, I bet him and Gerber will make a lot of money from that and I respect him for doing so. If I was in his shoes I would of done the exact same.

 

[Dan1982]

But WHO exactly will buy it?? anybody who knows anything about knives can see it for what it is and wont buy it. resulting in a load of BG wannabees army rolling around local woodlands, jumping off waterfalls and wildly hacking at anything they see "surviving" all over the place. Knives are not toys as we all know!! And shouldn't be marketed to people who want to "play" Bear Grylls.

Dan

 

[Manacles]

Well, I liked the video, but when I looked at the website I thought it looked a bit "plasticised" on there. Will be interesting to see one in real life.............

 

[Wayland]

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[Ratbag]

But WHO exactly will buy it?? <snip>
Dan

Er,.... Scouts? A lot of the Scouting movement think BG is fantastic and is doing great things as Chief Scout. Marketing opportunity in spades, and it'll almost happen by itself.

BTW, from what I've seen and read, BG IS a great Chief Scout. Just my opinion.

Rat

 

[Everything Mac]

But WHO exactly will buy it?? anybody who knows anything about knives can see it for what it is and wont buy it. resulting in a load of BG wannabees army rolling around local woodlands, jumping off waterfalls and wildly hacking at anything they see "surviving" all over the place. Knives are not toys as we all know!! And shouldn't be marketed to people who want to "play" Bear Grylls.

Dan

But lets face it that is a very small percentage of the population, and not the target market.

As said a number of scouts will buy it.

At the end of the day if it does the job then who cares.

Andy

 

[redandshane]

There are some features of it I quite like the idea/concept of whistle on lanyard, sharpener and fire steel incorporated but I don't like part serrated blades; I can see why stainless is chosen but again not my preference day to day
I think the price point is aimed at a certain market probably quite cynically and at the end of the day the buyers who want that sort of branded utility thing are getting a reasonable deal.I can see it being quite handy sea kayak touring actually-probably better than nothing for sure
But I would always take a Mora 2000 myself.In fact the branding of anything with a celebrity is the kiss of death for me

Except maybe a Mors pot of course lol