Can you identify this knife?

[IMA SOL MAN]

I came across this photo on Pelican's website, and am interested in the make and model of the tactical knife in the photo. It looks familiar, but I can't place it, so I'm hoping that someone here can ID it for me. Thanks for your help.

 

[iacchus]

Looks like a Gerber Benchmark Tac II. Blackie Collins designed those.
Like This. The sheath gives them away.
They are long out of production, and getting pricey on the secondary.
Came out in '85, when Gerber actually made decent gear.

Jack Burton carried one in Big Trouble in Little China

 

[dc38]

Looks like a Gerber Benchmark Tac II. Blackie Collins designed those.
Like This. The sheath gives them away.
They are long out of production, and getting pricey on the secondary.
Came out in '85, when Gerber actually made decent gear.

Jack Burton carried one in Big Trouble in Little China
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Agreed,

TAC-II

www.arizonacustomknives.com

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

Thanks guys! I knew someone on here would know!

I have a Mark II, but a crap Vietnam-made nylon sheath came with it. I wish it had a nice locking sheath like that Tac II. I wouldn't mind having a Tac II, but I don't relish shelling out the big bucks for them that they want for them now. Maybe I'll find a nice one at a yard sale some day...

It amuses me how Gerber had to re-posture their tactical knives as "survival" knives to make them politically-correct acceptable. Well, kind of amuses me. Actually, on second thought, it saddens me that our society has become so marshmallow-brained and pussified that we can't call killing tools by their correct names.

 

[dc38]

Thanks guys! I knew someone on here would know!

I have a Mark II, but a crap Vietnam-made nylon sheath came with it. I wish it had a nice locking sheath like that Tac II. I wouldn't mind having a Tac II, but I don't relish shelling out the big bucks for them that they want for them now. Maybe I'll find a nice one at a yard sale some day...

It amuses me how Gerber had to re-posture their tactical knives as "survival" knives to make them politically-correct acceptable. Well, kind of amuses me. Actually, on second thought, it saddens me that our society has become so marshmallow-brained and pussified that we can't call killing tools by their correct names.

That, my friend, is the h2 hummer, a sledgehammer on wheels. It's a regular mobile meat grinder for tangos, reinforced underbody to take a beating and get you boys home.

On a more serious note, though, you could probably find someone to custom make a kydex sheath that resembles that holster.

 

[aznsx]

It amuses me how Gerber had to re-posture their tactical knives as "survival" knives to make them politically-correct acceptable

Isn't what's left of them HQ'd in Portland, OR?:-(
Just sayin'...

 

[swampgator]

I have a Mark II, but a crap Vietnam-made nylon sheath came with it. I wish it had a nice locking sheath like that Tac II. I wouldn't mind having a Tac II, but I don't relish shelling out the big bucks for them that they want for them now. Maybe I'll find a nice one at a yard sale some day...

Have you contacted Gerber?
My son bought a Strongarm off eBay for $18 without a sheath.
He contacted Gerber and they sent him a free replacement.
I would think with as many Mark IIs as they made they may still have sheaths for them.

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

Have you contacted Gerber?
My son bought a Strongarm off eBay for $18 without a sheath.
He contacted Gerber and they sent him a free replacement.
I would think with as many Mark IIs as they made they may still have sheaths for them.

Mine came with the Gerber sheath, that is the crap made in Vietnam nylon sheath!

It gets me how a US company that made weapons to be used to kill communists, sells out to the very same communist country. Pisses me off.

 

[swampgator]

Mine came with the Gerber sheath, that is the crap made in Vietnam nylon sheath!

It gets me how a US company that made weapons to be used to kill communists, sells out to the very same communist country. Pisses me off.

Well, I always go back to the scene in Full Metal Jacket where the Colonel is dressing down Joker and says something to the effect of "inside of every Vietnamese is an American trying to get out".

"Selling out to the very same communist country" is, in my opinion, the very definition of capitalism. In that the company is trying to maximize its profits by using the cheapest labor possible.

Hard to buy from or support an "American" company that doesn't increase its profits by utilizing labor in communist countries, especially any company involved in electronics.

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

Japan and Taiwan are not communist countries.