My Review/Thoughts on the Bear Grylls Folding Scout Knife

My Review/Thoughts on the Bear Grylls Folding Scout Knife.

I have recently purchased a Bear Grylls Scout Knife, manufactured by Gerber.  The features that are listed by the manufacture are as follows:

• Thin and Lightweight Folding Knife
• ½ Serrated High Carbon Stainless Steel Drop Point Blade - Ideal for edge retention and cutting rope
• Dual-Sided Thumb Stud - For easy single-hand opening
• Ergonomic Textured Rubber Grip - Maximizes comfort and reduces slippage
• Lock Back - Locks blade securely in place and maximizes safety during closing
• Clip for convenient pocket carry
• Priorities of Survival - Pocket guide contains Bear’s survival essentials

The look of this knife will appeal to different people. Personally I think that his knife is very aesthetically pleasing it brings modern engineering to the cave man tool. The orange harder plastic goes well with the rubberised grey section of the handle. The ½ Serrated High Carbon Stainless Steel Drop Point Blade looks very nice. The size of the knife is perfect not to be it cannot be classed as a folding pocket knife. The clip is very discrete and flat but is there if needed.

The handle feels very nice in your hand and will never slip; there is a very big finger guard so you will not slip over to the blade. I need to mention that the knife is very very light. The overall feel of this knife is extremely pleasurable.

The opening mechanism is very good the dual thumb studs make it very universal. The path of the thumb studs is very hard to get used to. When first opened the knife this hinge was very stiff and took some breaking in. This opening mechanism is extremely successful. The only disadvantage I will mention is that if you decide to change your thumb positioning when opening the blade there is a good chance that it will come into contact with the razor sharp serrations.

The locking mechanism is of a high quality, when blade locks into place there is absolutely no movement or give in the knife at all. The lock back method in this knife is pretty successful. It is very easy to use. This is my first lock back knife and I like it.

The blade has a ½ serrated section. This is a survival knife designed by Bear Grylls. I think the serrations could have been a bit smaller. Out of the packet the knife is extremely sharp.

The size of the knife is as follows:

• Overall Length: 7.3’’
• Closed Length: 4.0’’
• Blade Length: 3.63’’
• Weight: 2.4 oz.

The overall rating of this knife is 9/10