Gerber Legendary Blades

Gerber Gear
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1939; 85 years ago (1939), in Portland, Oregon, US
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon
Key people
Pete Gerber, Founder
Products
RevenueUS$100 million[when?]
Number of employees
300[when?]
ParentFiskars
Websitewww.gerbergear.com
Gerber LHR Combat Knife designed by Matt Larsen, Bill Harsey and Chris Reeve
These are two of the most popular Gerber knives. The smaller is the Gerber LMF II and the larger is the Gerber LHR Sheath knife

Gerber Legendary Blades is an American maker of knives, multitools, and other tools for outdoors and military headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Gerber is owned by the Finnish outdoors products company Fiskars. Gerber was established in 1939 by Pete Gerber.

Gerber is the "largest maker of knives and multi-tools for the United States armed forces."[1] The LMF II Infantry Knife, features a partial tang blade instead of a full tang blade, ostensibly to avoid electric shocks because the knife was designed to free pilots from downed aircraft.[2]

Gerber was the first knife company to collaborate with a custom knife maker when it collaborated with World War II knife maker David Murphy.[3]

In 2010 Bear Grylls designed a line of Gerber survival knives, including the best selling Ultimate knife. The Bear Grylls range from Gerber progressed to including items such as a water bottle, survival kit and tinder grinder. By 2019 the cooperation between Bear Grylls and Gerber ended. [citation needed]

  1. ^ "Gerber Defend Collection". Gerber Gear. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  2. ^ "Gerber LMF II Infantry Black - Fixed Blade Knife". Gerber Gear. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  3. ^ Pacella, Gerard (2002). 100 Legendary Knives. Krause Publications. p. 126. ISBN 0-87349-417-2.