BG Ultimate knife. straight from the horses mouth!

[_scorpio_]

"ultimate".... very much aimed at pre-teens lol!

 

[sapper1]

I like the idea of the fire steel and sharpener on the sheath but that's already been done with much better quality kit.

 

[Chastiser]

apparently they do a scaled down version for 'Ken', apparently Barbie likes it lol

 

[rancid badger]

Well, I'm actually a bit staggered that I could watch that at all.:togo:
To be fair to the lad, he does mention that he " hopes you never need it for real" or was that just the bit of paper with the "survival" instructions, he was referring to?


Bless him, he really seemed to think that him endorsing it, actually meant something, to anyone over 9 years old

R.B.

 

[bearman]

hmmm, wouldnt be my first choice thats for sure!! Bear is less than eloquent in the description of his R&D of the knife, BUT fair play to him, he's making money out of it. I've no doubt that the knife will do well, looks like something my mother/sister would give me for a birthday or christmas in a well-meaning, if misguided attempt to support my hobbies. I can see most of them sitting in a draw in peoples den/shed/garage...and IMHO thats the best place for it...

 

[_scorpio_]

bet that handle would burn well in a survival situation.

 

[Siberianfury]

i lost alot of respect for bear when he started marketing this knife, how can anyone possibly say this is the "ultimate" knife. ive seen other videos where the blade has snapped and chipped, the handle has broken ect. if you need to rely on your knife i very much doubt it would be sensible to bring a plastic rivited handle with removable parts out with you.
ive never got the whole serrations concept, seems to render half of the edge usless apart from cutting rope and grizzly bear throats of course.

again, just another marketing gimmik.

 

[sasquatch]

Similar to the cheap Rambo knock off knives in the 80's that I thought would change my entire world. I'll admit I paid my six bucks and got one back in the day and it was nearly worth every penny as a kid. I'm guessing these BG ones aren't cheap though? Are they 420 MOLECULAR steel like the rambo type knives?

 

[Corso]

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

the same people who bought Rambo knives in the 80's and ninja swords in the 90's

 

[JonathanD]

the same people who bought Rambo knives in the 80's and ninja swords in the 90's

No, that's not true. I'll not buy that Gerber!!!!! Oh, and the ninja thing was eighties too.

 

[verloc]

He isnt daft is he? He knows fine well that anyone who buys this knife is buying it for how it looks to the uneducated eye and for the BG name. I (and i'm sure he) would be gobsmacked if anyone actually bought it to be used in the event of an actual survival situation. In fact you can almost see it on his cheeky wee smug grin

 

[Corso]

No, that's not true. I'll not buy that Gerber!!!!! Oh, and the ninja thing was eighties too.

your right

DamnI'm old


fun times though

 

[3bears]

I've had a brief look at one up close, it just seems like a high vis step down from the Gerber Prodigy, the same kind of step down there is from the LMF to the Prodigy...if that makes sense?

gimme a Mora Clipper any day....

 

[3bears]

:why:


oh dear there's a BG iphone all now too ......

 

[ex-member Raikey]

hahaha i like the phrase ,..and i quote "you get ALL my advice on how to survive" and he holds up a piece of paper no bigger than a leaflet,...hahaha

you cant write this,...

 

[JonathanD]

:why:


oh dear there's a BG iphone all now too ......

Worse, there is a Playstation game too.

 

[HillBill]

i lost alot of respect for bear when he started marketing this knife, how can anyone possibly say this is the "ultimate" knife. .

That probably wasn't bears idea, just Gerber marketing most probably .

 

[Trunks]

The build quality looks on a par with the Mora Clipper, if BG's knife was £20 it would be worth a punt, but at £64, then for me, not enough bang for my buck!

 

[_scorpio_]

its not worth twice a mora... if it were £5 i might buy one so in 30 years i can laugh about it like that rambo knife.
still, the parang is cheaper, if i was forced to choose (im thinking dangled over a pit full of some kind of dinosaur/chuck norris hybrids) i would have the parang and obliterate bear grylls from it in every way possible.

 

[plastic-ninja]

I couldn't agree more guys.It looks like a cheap piece of tat from one of those pound shops.
Even without the BG endorsement it is a fabulously unattractive proposition.
Gerber do seem to be deeply infatuated with the serrated edge.Maybe it's for the ultimate
crinkle cut chip?
I do need a BG knife though : Bernie Garland please!!