It's a good military knife, it served me very well overseas, I busted locks open used it as a pribar, a pummel and I trusted it with my life. But it's not the best bushcraft knife no. Fun fact though the reason the LMF 2 isn't full tang is so you can cut live wires in a downed aircraft, hommie of mine pried a hmvee door open with his

Gotta say. That video really went how I thought it would. The Gerber definitely did what I expected of it, since it was designed to be indestructible, because a dull knife can still kill better than a broken one. It definitely wasn't made with bushcraft in mind, but as a combat/last ditch survival knife it makes sense.

I was camping in the mountains of West Virginia earlier this week when the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia came through and drenched everything. I needed a fire and all I had was my Gerber Strongarm. There was no dry wood to be found. I actually HAD to baton a log into tinder and kindling to get a fire started. The Strongarm did great, and was still sharp after much batoning. The black coating wasn’t even damaged. I quickly got a fire started. True story. Not a joke.

I wanna see you guys test out a Kephart style knife to see if a 100 year old design stands up to modern bushcrafting

The destruction test put to it several years ago did it for me. I ordered two of them back when they were around $50 and have never regretted the purchases once.

In the States it is sold as a survival, combat knife. I use mine brutally with no issues.

From a bushcrafting standpoint the Mora will definitely win. The Strongarm is a general purpose knife, can do everything decently well enough to get work done, but not necessarily a master of any one thing. It can start a fire like a mofo though and the basic indestructability of it makes it a top pick for me. You may need to maintain the edge a little more than some, but with the availability of all sorts of easily packable or otherwise carryable maintenance items that's not really a problem. I've never had to do more than use a ceramic rod or strop on mine. Because of the thicker grind other knives will beat it out in the "shaving sharpness," but I've never come across a real situation where I need to shave hair off my arm on the double. It cuts and basically cannot be broken makes it one of my absolute reliable favorites and go-tos.

I've had a Strongarm w/420 for quite awhile now, just never thought of it's place in my collection. Now, thanks to your video, I know it is a very good tool and will go into my truck box for any hard use duties that might arise. Enjoy, guys.

The strong arm is a great knife for its price but a couple years ago when it cost almost half what it does now it was an even better knife.

I took a break from this channel for a year or so and wow the production quality has improved. I'm impressed and just as before they are always so funny. I think that is the winning ticket.

I have had mine since the Original Gauntlet series where a Strong Arm was sent to multiple KZfaqrs for abuse. It isn't a bushcraft blade at all but I trust having it tucked away in my truck bag.

420 HC, properly heat treated, can be surprising. Buck and Boss Brothers have been producing the 110 folder for many decades with ho hum steel brought to another level by good heat treating.

I considered buying one of these for months as my main bushcrafting knife, bought a Fallkniven F1 instead, and after watching this boy am I glad I did! Good job guys!

I fully agree with you regarding the handle. It is murder on bare hands, just like the Kershaw Camp 10, but it becomes, almost, a delight to use if you wear gloves, and the peculiar indentations in the side of the handle locks the knife in your gloved hand in an extend where the tool feels like an extension of your body. All of this doesn't change the fact that this is an easy to carry sharpened pry-bar meant to stab things or break them apart. Great video. I really like the shots where we get to see your immediate reactions.

I just got one of these. The Strong Arm is indestructible. If you're wanting a good all around knife it works good for most utility functions.

"We're gonna head into this open-minded" gets shocked when the knife performs well 😀

Brought one for my son to take on his first Afghan tour. Half way though he got me to post him his Fallkniven F1 and he gave the Gerber away. He then Carried the Fallkniven F1 on the rest of his tours (four in total)

I love the USA Gerber Prodigy and Strong-arm.. The thing about their steel is like most factory knifes there is burnt steel. All of my reprofiled Gerbers feel more like 1095 once I've worked the edge. Honestly a good heat-treated knife in the woods will work fine for the average user. Sharpening these blades is easy and that's what they are for...MILITARY dudes .

I have one Gerber in my collection , an old school Gerber LMF . It has a great material on the handle thats like a sof sponge but impossible to wear out. I think i purchased the knife in 1989 ish ....

Had a strong arm I kept on my plate carrier while in the army. Was a good tool when I used it. Definitely wouldn’t use it as a bushcraft knife. But it was good as a “tactical” knife.

Me: how can it be the most requested knife of 2021, the year has just begun!? Me: looks at calendar Me: how can it be June already, the years has just begun!?

I bought a Mora 546 because of you guys. I found a orange and black one at a pawn shop almost new and I'm very happy with the knife.

You guys are crazy! And that's exactly why I love your reviews; and because I also love knives.

Really enjoyed the video, much less theatrical and more like 2 bros having fun at each other. You can tell the biases, and that's great, but also being surprised because it was going against them. Cheers.

That was a good video. There are a few really big bushcraft and gear review channels I watch that really like the StrongArm.

This is the knife we all have come to grow and love over years of use . Ladies and gentleman , the gerber strongarm. Not to be confused with the fakes sold on Amazon under gerber name

I just want to say thank you for reviewing this knife I've been considering purchasing it now for a while and I live in South Africa and in South Africa it costs an enormous amount to purchase this knife so it would have been a huge amount of money out of my pocket if I did go out and purchase it. the reasons why I love your channel so much is because I am quite passionate about survival as well so if I consider buying a knife ,if it couldn't survive your guy's standards then I don't waste my time. but if it performs well on your channel then I definitely think it's worth the money and seeing how this knife perform I definitely won't waste my money on this knife ... thank you for going out of your way to make a cool video I really enjoyed it

The Gerber is good as a general purpose knife that can stand up to a good amount of abuse and be sharpened easily in the field. I agree that the grind should come further back towards the handle. I bought my son a Prodigy to beat on in the woods and learn, I would never own one for myself as it is not built for how I use knives.

It's all about the heat treat and rockwell, the Strongarm is 420HC at 58-60 RC, spot on 👌🏻

I really enjoyed this video. It was less theatrical. Just two friends having a good time playing with knives.

this is the first tear down of the strong arm... thank you!!

I carry 3 knives every day. A Benchmade Barrage, a Microtech Ultratech and the Gerber Strongarm. All great knives.

I have a strongarm in my car as a emergency blade, for me it´s not intended to be an bushcraft knife but rather a somewhat versatile tool you never have to worry about. If a was a soldier I would probably choose this one or the finish M95 Ranger (related to the Terävä puukko) It´s easy to see why think the way you do consider your data points that are focused on bushcraft and in that regard I think this was a very fair review Good job!

Im so glad im not the only one to have issues with sharpening my strong arm!

Love my strongarm as a general beater knife which it's great for as its pretty tough. For bushcraft I'll always take something else.

My strongarm wasn’t great until I put a convex edge on it. Now i love it. It doesn’t hold the best edge, but it has held up to some very abusive work. I’m surprised I havnt broken it yet hahaha.

been waitign for this one for a long time.. thanks for making it

Nice one guys! Thanks to you now I love Thursdays.

Of all the knives I have all the best looking and expensive ones the one I have always by my side is the cheap basic mora you cannot beat it for sharpness reliability and it has never let me down

Phew! Glad it’s acceptable. Also, I’m glad I have both the Strongarm & the Garberg.

Omg, literally last week I was hoping for you to do a video on this

Friday's are my favourite morning because of these videos.

This was first knife I ever bought mostly because of the looks and because of first random review I clicked on :D Then I discovered your channel and bought benchmade 202 leuku. When I sharpened the gerber I had issues too, it didn't had even edge on both sides from factory. Cpm 3v is so much better.

I have both the Gerber StongArm & Prodigy both great tactical & survival knives.

The Strongarm is a little beast. Regrind the edge and it will do anything you need. Especially useful in humid and salty conditions like mine.

The pooping has me dying 🤣🤣🤣 great video.

DANNER BOOTS are made in Oregon. They are monster boots 👍🏻🇺🇸

Elke video elke keer weer anders en elke keer weer leuk, vol humor en vol info. Top guys.

Yes! This knife to me is a great representation of an American knife. It's a jack of all trades, solidly built, and a pretty good value for what it is! I agree the edge isn't great out of the box, but it's nigh indestructible and once you put your own edge on it, I found it's a good knife to beat on! I don't own one I've just used friends haha. I quickly want to say that I love this channel, i've been super stressed out lately (i'm taking the bar exam to be a lawyer) and your guys' videos have really helped me smile through it! Love the video! Love the Channel!

Loved the vid. A Garberg killer it was not. The Dulo you showed for about a second knocked my eyes out. I know what I like and that was it. There needs to be a distributor in America.

No way! I kept checking if you had this video and I just bought one anyway even though you didn’t but Lo and behold!

That convex edge reprofile makes a huge difference getting into the good heat treat of the metal vs the old flat edge.

great video guys, already waiting for next weak

I bought myself the same knive and it was very sharp out of box

This is a fun video. And I like the part when Mikkie used the microwave.

Cool Bushcraft Knive Video again! Cheers from Switzerland!

7:49 that has got to be the coolest way ive ever heard that lol

Try a BK 16 if you want a cheaper knife that's really fucking good

Do a review of the buck 119 or 120 or 124 they are in 420hc hardened at 58 hrc.They come razor sharp,they also come with a very rough bevel so they won't be good at cutting paper

I started having more faith in 420hc after i cut through stranded steel wire and had 0 edge damage with a buck 110 select. If you are the type of person to fail your edges through plastic deformation 420hc with a good heat treat is impressively tough for a stainless steel

Got one off these in 2017 sometime and its been heavily abused in the years and is still going good was used everyday when i was doing laboring and demo work good for putting holes in walls and prying apart bathroom furnishings

The cheap caca steel does take a very fine edge grind well, something around the 17 degree range. The sheath takes mods well. The inset on the sides of the handle is nice for fat palms. Decent, decent.

This was Hilarious and Awesome at the same time, how have I never seen this channel before. FUCK , now I have to go binge every damn episode lol

Nice, My home town🤘thanx guys😜 As for Danner, I'll give them one more shot but last pair only lasted six months an day 1 lost an eyelet. Comfortable af tho.

I have the Gerber Prodigy and it is everything I could ask for. Better than my Cold Steel and my SOG.

I love mine in bdz-1 steel an the grey color ,I need one in coyote tan and black now,

Bought 2 fine and serrated blade, love them, great field knives, and general bush knife, however, it pales to my Becker BK2. The Strongarm is the perfect length, and heft for general field use, i ding it for the tail end, and wish it would be a flatter tail to hammer things.

first thing i did was reprofile mine out of the box, bought it just for giggles really, i do like the look and the sheath is alright once you do a mod to it, for the money though its not bad, would love to see one in better steel though!

It would be great if you would test the lionsteel SR11 Titanium handle to see if it’s stronger than the benchmade freek. Cheers!

You should try a Buck 119 in 420 HC and see the difference in heat treat, the Bos heat treat is amazing and I've found it to be the best of 420 steel.

As a Florida Man I love y’all ; y’all are my favorite bushcraft 🤣

You guys are entertaining as hell!

I have a Buck 124 that is a great all purpose knife and its 420 Stainless I think. Buck has a process that hardens the blade to make it work like better steel.

I used my Gerber tanto and a chinese bushcraft knife for chopping some bamboos. When using the Chinese knife blade bent but my Gerber tanto still retained its edge.

Nice job fellas, informative and entertaining. You guys are funny, lol..🍻😎👍 Im subscribed!!

They're not the worst but for the money I'd get an SRK. Great video as always guys!

I’m all about the strong arm for a defensive tool, it wouldn’t be my first choice for bush craft but it’s acceptable. I’ve carried and used the strong arm for about 4 years and have no complaints.

I like the knife Good chisel Good prybar Hard to break Could even be used to cut with Perfect knife to issue to grunts in urban areas....

hey guys love your vids! best in youtube for sure DO THE BUCK 119!!!! it's a classic and i wonder what you guys would think about it

Good curls. I'd like to see some videos of L.T. Wrights.

Great video as always! Can you do the SOG Pillar in S35VN? Cheers!

Been waiting for this, my entertainment for the day 🙃

Toughest knife i have is an Ontario marine raider sp10 bowie knife made from either 1080 or 1095 (i don't recall which) that i use as an axe to cut down dead trees and process firewood when i go camping.

Hello 👋 gentlemen, thank you for sharing your informative video. Take care and stay safe out there. 🤗

Dammit boys! I haven't watched in a bit. Your gains are real💪

YOU SHOULD DO A VIDEO ON ONTARIO M3 1943 TRENCH KNIFE. I had a Gerber pocket knife that when you sharpened it, the edge would roll over from one side or the other, depending what side you attempted to sharpen, and I gave it away when 2cm of the edge actually fell off the blade.

They had a limited release of this knife in bdz1 steel. Should have kept making it.

I’ve used this knife extensively. Sorta a Jack of all trades master of none. Definitely geared towards military application. Way better than the old standard issue K-Bar. The sheath is really nice for attaching to gear.

I have a Strongarm and have been quite satisfied with its overall daily use. True, it’s not made from a Super Steel but neither does it cost like a super steel knife. I also have a Garberg and really like it too. I use them both for different purposes. The key is that I can’t afford the more expensive knives as much as I would like to...

Jullie zijn goed man! Leuk gebracht en informatief! Grappig dat jullie toch een beetje versteld staan van de kracht en reliablity van de Gerber Strongarm (hence its name ;) . Ik heb zelf de Gerber LMF2 en wat andere messen, een beest en ik vertrouw mn leven ermee. Het is duidelijk een combat survival mes ipv een bushcraft mes, perfect te combineren met een kleiner mes. Ik was laatst nog aan het bushcraften daar in de buurt maar ik zag jullie niet. Klasse mannen. Out for now.. BOOM!

10:48 you hit the rib/edge of the hard drive with the Strongarm, and with the Mora you only hit the flat part of the hard drive. That might explain the difference quite a bit also. That part is much harder on the edge, sticking out like that. I personally like the Mora's a lot. They are really great knives. They are buid to slice and carve. Can't say that of all knives.

420HC is a good steel, strong, tough and easy to care for steel...I reckon anyway. It's not a primo knife by a longshot but it's a tough tool. The army boys go mad for them (personally the Garberg, JP Peltonen or F1 are more my cup o' tea). None of them though could pry the bog-standard Hultafors OK4 out of my hands...a fraction of the cost, weight and size of those but with all the strength.

Ahhh the intro we know and love

This knife is for hand combat. It's for carving someone up. Which it will do a great job. Plus it's a sub $75 knife not designed for splitting wood or being used as a prybar. Which you shouldn't do to any knife. About the 420 hc. Buck uses that for it's affordable knives but says they have a special process of cryogenically freeze and heat treat the steel several times making it very durable. Some of their knives come in S30V. But says it's very difficult to sharpen on your own. And a rockwell hardness of RC59.6-61. they also have knives with s35vn steel. Have you guys ever tested one of their knives?

Was that a Grolsch? I used to drink them 15+ years ago when I still drank beer. I just occasionally drink beer now, but exclusively (ginger)root beer.

On my last couple deployments i saw a lot of soldiers carry this, so i got one myself, this knife takes one hell of a beating

the prodegy now comes with a sandvik 12c27 blade, from what I researched its a higher quality than 440 c and holds an edge better.

great video boys!

This is a great utility tool/ combat knife good edge retention for real life tasks and easy to sharpen or touch up in the field. It’s not expensive either for being made in the good old USA 🇺🇸

09:25 Friendly reminder: The Mora Garberg has a thicker blade and a thicker grind, so it is harder for it to cut smoothly through paper as thin as that.