Gerber  Paraframe II Knife - Serrated

I received this knife as a gift and I still use it most days. It's a great knife. It does what any other knife in its price point will do. It's a bit on the heavy side even with the cut out design and here is my problem with this knife. The cut out design has led me to get my fingers cut when I am digging for it in my pack or out of my purse when the knife is folded. Perhaps I have really small lady fingers and guys might not have this issue... but its a design flaw non the less. I still carry this knife most days but I take my Mora companion on backpacking trips since the last thing I need to worry about is cutting my fingers digging through my pack out in the wilderness.

Construction seemed pretty solid, but knife dulled very quickly. Even straight out of the box it was more dull than a knife I own that is over a year old! The serrated edge was useful to me a few times. But other than that I was less than impressed. The pocket clip was hard to use as well...would always get hung up on fabric. I returned it and got the "Buck Nobleman Titanium Folding Knife" for the same price. Much happier with the Buck's quality and sharpness. Oh, also this knife only has a one year warranty I believe, where all Buck Knives have a lifetime. Don't get me wrong...it's not horrible I suppose, but for the price there are definitely better knives out there!!

Once again Gerber got my attention. I bought this for my nephew and I've only heard nothing but compliments on this blade. Since he does live in Maui he's used it in the Hana rainforests numerous times. Taken it camping through the Haleakala crater through the Kaupo Gap side and even took it on several ocean trips. Like me he too keeps his blades well oiled with mineral oil and he has yet to see it fail. However lately he's been asking/begging me to get him a BG Ultimate Survival knife or anything from the Gerber survival series blades. He's well on his way to take over for me when I stop teaching wilderness, urban, ocean, desert, and arctic survival.

This is the "Everyone" knife. I have owned a para frame forever it seems. I have serrated and fine edge as well as both mini's. I quite often give these as gifts. I've looked at the auto section and I'm down to four to choose from. It's hard to replace a knife that has become my third hand. I must say a great thank you to all at Gerber. It's a great morale booster to know that my brothers and sisters aren't dying for nothing. Please keep up the fantastic products and your devotion to the American people. God bless all at Gerber and they're families. Covert auto will probably become my fourth hand. Thanks again. True to my Country Redneckgunz Hang Loose

This would be almost perfect if it weren't for the insanely sharp/pointed thumb assist. I literally couldn't carry it in my front pockets without lacerating my hand. I took a file to that pronto, so be advised that you may need to do some work on it to save your hands.

The slim feel and light weight of this design, along with its reasonable price, led me to buy this knife. However, I will sadly have to return it as my hands are a bit too small for it. I can't for the life of me close the knife, I have to push the safety to the side with something else and can't open it with one hand. Gave this knife a few tries but just too big for me. Even my partner, who is much stronger than I am, couldn't close it easily. There were many times I almost cut myself trying to close it. Doesn't seem like a safe safety, hah

This knife has served me well ever since I've owned it. It has been mostly used for campsite cooking and cutting up lunches while leading groups on the trail. The locking feature is great so that it doesn't close on fingers, and it is easy to clean. It is also a great every day knife that I carry around with me most of the time. If you plan on doing light backpacking, i would look into a smaller, lighter knife that will do the very same job as this one!

The knife looked cool so I bought it and very quickly realized how not functional it is. It’s so stiff to open that I needed to use two hands. Then, I nearly cut my finger with it in my pocket because of how the blade is exposed through the “skeletal” handle. I returned it after a few days. For all of the weight saving that the skeletal design is supposed to give, it’s way heavier than most pocket knives because it’s completely solid metal. As a side note: I was disappointed in the knife selection at REI. It’s like they only offer $100 Benchmades and then cheap Gerbers. It kinda seems like ya’ll are trying to get people to spend more just to get a functioning knife, when there are mid range knifes out there that do a great job(I went with SOG).

I really liked this knife at first, not too sharp out of the box, but sharpens up nicely. After light use outdoors it was dull, and hardly holds an edge. The screws holding the frame together come loose on mine, lost one and finally had to use red locktite to keep them all in. Kind of a letdown, but I still like Gerber knives in general.

I love the knife in the most part. It is considerably sharp for a while and it looks great. The only problem i had was when i was using it a couple moths ago, the frame lock did not work as it should and it the blade folded up on my finger. It cut my finger down to the bone and i had to get stitches. I have a scar :) Overall great, but make sure that you add some pressure to the frame lock to make it completely extend.