Old gerber knife?

[S-3 Ranch]

I have a gerber 97223 knife trying to figure out what vasco steel is
Good or bad , it is a 40 year old gift and it stays in a drawer

[mavrick]

First search. https://www.zknives.com/knives/steel...sco_wear.shtml

[S-3 Ranch]

First search. https://www.zknives.com/knives/steel...sco_wear.shtml

So similar to D2 -m2 type of steel, I guess decent quality

[S-3 Ranch]

Found another gerber

Gerber magnum 97223 with 440c blade, is older 440c better quality than newer 440 hc ? I don’t know nothing about older knife steel so any imputed information
About these knives is appreciated

[Arrowsmith]

That is a Gerber Folding Sportsman trailing point. I had the drop point model.

"Gerber introduce the Folding Sportsman I in 1976. The FS II had been introduced in 1972. I think they were discontinued in about 1995."

I lost my knife back in the early 80s, but I still have the sheath for it.

[WyoBull]

I had that same knife years ago and still have a fixed blade (has the green coating on the handle almost like it was powdercoated) that I absolutely love. The steel is very hard I know that and has always been really hard to sharpen until I got my Worksharp Ken Onion Edition. Now, I can keep it shaving sharp. I don't know that they make them like that anymore as I have not bought a Gerber for years. I think the one I have is probably 40 years old and has gutted/skinned a lot of animals over the years.

[Jason Fry]

440 has three grades, A B and C. 440c is good knife steel. 440b is halfway ok, and if your knife just says “440” then it’s probably B. 440a won’t harden.


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[S-3 Ranch]

SCHRADE old timer 152

440 has three grades, A B and C. 440c is good knife steel. 440b is halfway ok, and if your knife just says “440” then it’s probably B. 440a won’t harden.


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The magnum It’s 440c

I found a cool old SCHRADE USA #152 sharp finger in a box in the garage , I assume is 1095 steel ( it will rust) cleaned it up it’s wicked sharp

[meltingfeather]

The magnum It’s 440c

I found a cool old SCHRADE USA #152 sharp finger , I assume is 1095 steel ( it will rust)

Those are great knives!

[the-butcher]

The magnum It’s 440c

I found a cool old SCHRADE USA #152 sharp finger in a box in the garage , I assume is 1095 steel ( it will rust) cleaned it up it’s wicked sharp

One of my favorite skinning knives ever.

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[Bigfootwolff]

I've got the USA made Sharpfinger and it is a great skinning knife.

[EarleyBird]

The magnum It’s 440c

I found a cool old SCHRADE USA #152 sharp finger in a box in the garage , I assume is 1095 steel ( it will rust) cleaned it up it’s wicked sharp

Awesome knives. For Christmas when I was 9 my uncle gave me a Buck 110 and Santa Claus left me a sharpfinger under the tree.

[Bayouboy]

The magnum It’s 440c

I found a cool old SCHRADE USA #152 sharp finger in a box in the garage , I assume is 1095 steel ( it will rust) cleaned it up it’s wicked sharp

One of the best knives I ever owned.

[SRK14]

The magnum It’s 440c

I found a cool old SCHRADE USA #152 sharp finger in a box in the garage , I assume is 1095 steel ( it will rust) cleaned it up it’s wicked sharp

The one I had didn’t really have a bevel grind on the blade. Just a slow taper to the cutting edge. That dude would get needle sharp

[S-3 Ranch]

The one I had didn’t really have a bevel grind on the blade. Just a slow taper to the cutting edge. That dude would get needle sharp

Yeh I was sharpening the SCHRADE 152 last night and was confused about it only getting sharp on 3/4 of the blade .
Then realized it was beveled blade . Holy cow that 1095 steel can make a scary sharp cutting area!
And love the patina on the blade