Which Gerber Is This??

In 1939 Joseph Gerber (advertising agency owner) had custom knife maker David Murphy make 24 sets of carving knife for some of his select customers. Catalog retailer Abercrombie & Fitch saw them and was so impressed with the quality of the knives they wanted to sell them. Thus was born Gerber Legendary Blades.
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Which Gerber Is This??

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Bought this years ago and carried and used it a lot back then. Has been sitting in a foot locker for 20+ years. Which Gerber is it?
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usmc69 wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:51 pm Bought this years ago and carried and used it a lot back then. Has been sitting in a foot locker for 20+ years. Which Gerber is it?
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It looks like a MK-1 because it is a MK-1.
When were you in the Corps? Is it safe to use your user name to date your enlistment? I noticed you're a long time member of AAPK but not much of a talker.

I bought this one sometime around 1980.
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