| Long having a reputation for overall toughness | | | | Folding Blade Knives by Gerber Legendary Blades |
| making them suitable for many outdoors uses, | | | | Gerber folders feature the same quality |
| Gerber knives have come to represent legendary | | | | construction and ruggedness that are built in to |
| reliability and long lasting quality in a variety of | | | | the company's fixed blade designs. Many Gerber |
| extreme use situations. | | | | folding knives are folding versions of their original |
| Based in Portland, Oregon Joseph Gerber, then in | | | | fixed blade ancestors. |
| advertising, hired a local knife maker in 1910 to | | | | Like their fixed blade relatives, Gerber's |
| make him 25 sets of kitchen cutlery as gifts to | | | | knives offers folders in the Freeman and Gator |
| his advertising clients. These early Gerber knives | | | | Families along with others |
| proved to be successful with the clients, so much | | | | Gerber's Magnum line feature durable, light |
| so that the acclaim of the knives was widely | | | | blades designed to function as hunting knives |
| spread and demand rapidly rose for similar knives | | | | Gerber folders like the Presto, Crusader, |
| to be produced. Ever the astute businessman, Mr. | | | | Paraframe, Ridge, Stockman and Truss are |
| Gerber left his ad business and by 1939 had | | | | excellent for everyday use |
| launched Gerber Legendary Blades. | | | | Fire and Rescue knives like the E-Z Out and |
| Fixed Blade Knives by Gerber Legendary Blades | | | | the Torchfeature serrated edges to saw through |
| Like many of their owners, Gerber knives have | | | | seat belts, ropes and other restrictions, blunt tips |
| that special quality of rugged, outdoorsy | | | | to avoid accidental punctures, and (often) brightly |
| individualism that make them exceptional values | | | | colored handles for easy identification in dim light |
| for many different demanding tasks. When you | | | | situations |
| think of the Great Outdoors, you generally think | | | | Gerber Knives also makes many functional |
| of Gerber as the one of the best solutions for | | | | sheaths, multi-tools, kitchen cutlery, axes, |
| whatever cutting chore comes up. | | | | emergency blades and others items that help |
| Gerber's Big Rock Family of knives feature | | | | make this company's product line more extensive |
| large blade profiles for heavy cutting requirements | | | | than most of its competitors. |
| Gerber's Freeman Family feature blades | | | | In addition to making quality fixed blade knives, |
| perfectly designed to skin and butcher game and | | | | we produce several lines of pocket knives and in |
| other meat | | | | other configurations. Like their cousins, Gerber |
| Gator fillet knives are great for fishing chores | | | | folding knives have a reputation for utility and |
| The Gerber River Family highlights no-slip grips | | | | toughness that is unsurpassed in the industry. |
| for use in and around water | | | | Gerber also makes many functional sheaths, |
| The Silver Trident line offers several models | | | | camp tools, emergency blades and others that |
| of no-nonsense tactical designs for demanding | | | | help make this company's product line one of the |
| outdoor and emergency situations | | | | most extensive one ever. |