Gerber Principle Review vs Mora Garberg : Steel Fails Grind

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[FD_Boss]

I put a piece of 1” bicycle inner tube over the handle of the garberg. It wasn’t easy, but it’s a completely different, better feel. Highly recommended.

[daeholm]

Pretty clear microbevel on that blade too so it should definitely be able to hold up. I had my eye on a Principle since they sell them at a local department store. No longer. Thanks Pete.

[txokoil]

The 420HC blade is clearly softer than the 14C28N. I initially thought that Gerber heat treats 420HC softer because the steel is brittle. However, Larrin Thomas gives both steels a 9/10 in toughness, so if this is accurate there is no need for such a soft heat treatment. I don't understand why US knives are always so soft compared to European knives.

[davidheath]

Thanks for resharpening and trying it again. Love your work Pete.

[kevinmc]

The problem with rolling is not the 420HC, it's the hardness of the heat treatment. Gerbers are notoriously inconsistent and can range between 55 and 59. If that was a 55-56, it will roll if you look at it too hard. There is no reason that any knife should be tempered under 59-60 and a variance of more than 1 point is unacceptable, especially at this price point. It really is a shame because I also love the design of this knife and it's siblings. It's almost perfect in design but sabotaged by the heat treatment. Were it 14C28N at 60, it'd be a home run.

[hunterglaspell]

Gerber came out with a similar design called the Terracraft. It’s in S30V and is literally a slightly larger version of this knife. You can also customize it. Gerbers s30v is also heat treated where benchmade gets their heat treatment done from my understanding, so there’s that

[tombrown]

Alright, a Cedric & Ada, no nonsense, comparison review to start my Friday. Thanks Pete !

[kentkoster]

My Principle came with a small nylon strip with Velcro that you can thread through the sheath and use as an additional level of retention. Zero worries about the knife inadvertently coming out when that is in use.

[npenick]

'Maybe my wood's just too hard and the knife couldn't handle it'. 🤣

[JeanMartin-ksyx]

Marttiini also makes some puukkos in 420-grade steel (european X46CR13, around 53.5-55HRC according to their website), scandi grind of course. So it seems to work for them.

[dk]

Hey Pete, great review as always. From my understanding, Gerber doesn't perform the greatest heat treatment on their knives also so that would be a huge factor to its poor performance and edge rolling as well. Keep up the great work.

[mokkabiitti]

Since the bird was singing i didnt hear a word you said. Love it🤗

[WN_Byers]

7:04 God forbid you melt some wax into the hole(s) especially if you don't intend to use a lanyard

[grumpyuncle.]

Never had a Gerber that didn’t disappoint…
Gerber’s specialty is underperforming mystery-steel knives. Somehow they Forrest Gump’ed their way into notably strong sharpened crowbars.
Perhaps they should consider making wedged door stops.

[gabeeg]

Its a shame, Gerber back in the day was pretty innovative in the knife game....then they went off the deep end of suck and everyone passed them by in the last 20 years. In the last few years you can see their genuine attempts to leave the suck behind....but they just can't get out of their own way.

[davidlagno]

Bro, u gotta tell me how you scramble those eggs! I saw that sandwich and im not even thinking about the knives😅 THANKS, GREAT REVIEW AS ALWAYS👍

[shaztec]

Chuck a bin at that gerber Pete. Thanks for the video:)

[FelixImmler]

Hello Pete. Thanks a lot for this interesting video! I wrote you a private message on instagram... Greetings from Switzerland

[zoiders]

Whats odd is that Gerber are linked to Fiskars who are linked to Sandvik who supply Mora. Their steel should be great but somehow they keep going low rent.

[DullPoints]

I liked the discussion about the design considerations between the two knifes. The Gerber handle looks really cool!