Customer Reviews

Gerber 22-01400 LMF II Survival Knife - Coyote Brown

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4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
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I own this item and it is extremely sturdy and perfect for survival tasks. The blade is thick and the window breaker at the end of the handle is useful in emergencies. I CANNOT recommend this seller however, "Buy From The Best Inc." The customer service of this seller was a joke - after not shipping my item even after a week, they gave me attitude, redtape, and actually wanted me to contact amazon for them to work out their problem. When I told them it is THEIR repsonsibility to process the order with amazon they gave me more BS. When I simply told them they had 10 days to ship me the item I paid for, they STILL couldn't manage to do it! Ha! What kind of company takes 17 days to ship something within the US? I cancelled my order, wisely. Save yourself the headache, especially with an expensive item like this knife, and go with a different seller that has their act together. Please rate my review highly, so others can get this warning too.

I bought this knife for camping and backpacking. The case straps to your calf or belt. The knife is heavy duty and can take a beating. The website below shows videos of what this knife can take. I knew it was a good knife before I bought it, I just didn't realize how good. It has some weight to it, but has a ton of great features. The blade is nearly 5 inches long and partially serrated. The case is fire resistant, has a built in sharpener, and securely holds the knife in place. The grip is comfortable and secure. Gerber designed this knife with the military, you can tell. I love Gerber, and I love the LMF 2, defiantly the best knife I own.

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I puchased the LMF II as a survival knife. It is a sturdy knife with a neat sheath and built in sharpener. The one complaint I have is that I bought the knife because it was advertised as being made of Sandivik 12/20 stainless steel however when I recieved it there was a sticker stating the blade was 420 HC steel. Obviously this in not as good a steel however upon contacting Gerber I was informed by the tech dept that Sandivik was not sending consistently good steel. So the decision was made at Gerber to use the 420 HC which can be treated to a good duribility. So in summery here is my PROS/CONS:

Pros: Heavy duty, great serrations on blade, great sheath design and comes with leg straps and seatbelt cutter(not that I'll ever use it).

Cons: This knife is HEAVY (but that is a durability trade off), Plastic in handle(for elec. insulation) not great for battoning(shelter making) I already destroyed this stuff, Point on pommel useless unless you want to break glass/plexi. I would have rather had a better pommel hammer.

Overall good knife I would take it with me if I had to have a knife to survive with, I'd rather lug a heavy blade than a light one that could break.

I debated, debated, debated on the LMF vs. the lower priced version (days of reading reviews over and over). For the $25 or so, I am glad I have the better knife. It is nothing but tough. The blade is sharp. The knife is balanced (and I am not a knife person, this is my first one) and heavier than you'd think (you can tell the metal runs through the handle). I don't have a lot of uses for a knife like this - people ask me why I bought it and I say 1. I am going camping (which it was very useful) but 2. Mostly I've always wanted a kick-a** knife and this is it. I keep it next to my bed and feel very secure too, rather than buying a pistol with kids in the house. The knife snaps into the sheath VERY tight so no young kid is going to pull it out. My only problem is unless I carry it every day from my bedroom to work, I won't have it all the time, so I really need two. ON pricing too, Amazon.com is the best.

The knife comes with a seatbelt cutter in a nylon sheath. I think all the LMF's do, but it isn't explicit in the descriptions.

The knife is sturdy, the blade has a fine utilitarian shape, the grip fits the hand well and the sharpener in the sheath is very convenient. The sheath itself has so many options for mounting it feels a little cumbersome, so much so that it needs an instruction manual on the sheath. There doesn't appear to be a good solution between "dump it in a pocket of a back pack" and "it is it's own drop-leg rig." There are lots of options if you've got MOLLE attachments, though. I took off the cordura and slid the knife in the plastic sheath in the pocket of my back pack next to the hydration bladder.

So, I bought it. Finally. I read every review I could, I think the majority of 'em nailed it. This knife is impressive to hold, throws like a dream, and takes a serious beating. A little short for batoning, but they state the blade length in the description.
I've had it for a week, and it looks like it's been abused for a year. The rubber split on both blade guards (I whacked the crap out of them), and the blade jiggles around in the handle due to the plastic (yeeah, PLASTIC. Come on GERBER, really?) shroud that stabilizes the blade snapping in half and almost falling out. That lil piece of plastic is a serious oversight by Gerber, I'm actually super-disappointed by it. The blade has a 1/32 of an inch of play, not too shabby. Even if the rubber peels of completely, wrap that sucker in p-cord and you still have one heck of a knife.
That being said, this knife is still AWESOME. I can cut through inch-thick trees in one whack, chop concrete into little pieces with the hammer or the blade, it's the most well-balanced thrower I've ever had, and the sheath is practical. I read a lot of whiny "the sheath holds the knife too tight" and "you have to take the sheath apart to use the sharpener" reviews, and they just don't hold up. My LMF is NOT going to fall out of the sheath, yeah it takes two hands to pull it out if not secured to a pack, leg, waist or back, big deal, better than losing it. And as for the sharpener being too hard to get to, if you cant undo 2 little pieces of velcro, why the he*$ do you need a survival knife? You're already doomed...

On a recent Backpacking trip my friends were using a adventure to hone our survival skills. Yes, we did bring everything we needed to not die. BUT we "pretended to be stuck/lost. We used this as one of our primary tools to get to civilization and only used the stuff we brought when all else failed. There were other tools and items but this is about this knife. 1 Complaint no storage for matchs fish line/hook. The kinfe passed every test we through at it including dulling the blade buy hitting the cutting blade a gainst a rock, then we used supplied carbide sharperner in sheath to make the blade sharper than we ever thought possible after a few strokes. Try it out yourself. Oh yea. Full length tang plus skull cracker/window smasher. I abuse this kife why past knife standards and well into hammer territory. I use it over and over "doing things it was not designed for". I hope I hope I hope it is American made. Buy it.

I have this knife 550 corded to my plate carrier in afghanistan and i use it quite frequently in the green zone in Kandahar. Im a sapper attatchment in an Infantry platoon so i find and blow up a lot of IED's to clear the path for the infantry and i have poked and uncovered a few pressure plates in hard packed dirt and done quite a few post blast analysis's that consisted of stabbing the hard packed dirt and digging around a crater and hitting HME jugs made of platic and metal, going right through them, and ripping up deep buried things nearby. This knife will take some serious abuse. The sharp pummel on the bottom is also good for destroying things and loosing hard packed dirt. it will lose a bit of its edge, and you can easily re sharpen it again with the sharpener it comes with. You cant beat this knife for the price. And theres a LOT of ways to attatch it to your body or you gear so its very customizable. Definitely going to buy another one for back home and camping use.

First off i usually dont give out reviews coz im really not that good at it.

But i feel i have to for those people looking for a knife and dont know whats good or not.

Now the knife.First this really balance out well on your hands..meaning not blade heavy or handle heavy.Handle feels really good on the hands and grips good wet.Price wise Amazon and Ebay got good prices but do your research before you buy.Do yourself a favor and dont buy an imitation.This is US made and seriously for under 70 bucks its not a bad price for what your getting.It come with a sheath with built in sharpener which is a big plus for a survival knife.If you want something cheaper then check out the Gerber Prodigy.

I have other knives in my collection and Gerber bar none trumps them all.Kabars are good but i just like Gerbers for whatever reason.The metal they use hold a fine edge and stay sharp for longer period of time and like i mentioned earlier balance and feels great on your hands.Every one of the knives a got from them are well made and built to last and made here in the USA!!!

Get one and you wont regret it.

This has become my favorite knife for backpacking and outdoor excursions. The Gerber LMFII is the perfect size for most tasks. It is a bit heavier than other knives I've used in the past, however, when hammering nails and tent stakes with the butt end, that extra weight comes in handy. This knifes weight is fairly well balanced which also makes it good for chopping wood, building shelters or cracking open coconuts on those tropical excursions. The drop down leg sheath is well made and quiet as you are walking. The leg straps have a rubber thread woven throughout which keeps the rig where you want it. There are also plenty of adjustments and carrying options with this setup. The integral blade sharpener is a bonus and works well for light sharpening. In keeping with Gerber's good name the blade holds an edge very well. I give this item five stars!