Comments on: The Gerber LMF II Series

By: Brandi

Brandi — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:33:16 +0000

I found the answer in another post of yours so ignore the question. Thanks for a great discussion on this knife, it’s really been helpful for me in making my decision.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:34:45 +0000

I clicked on the link here for the camel brown LMF II Survival version and it goes to Amazon where the picture shows the sheath coming with one leg strap instead of two. There is no mention in the product description of how many straps come with it. If I purchase this it should come with two leg straps right?

By: caddotx

caddotx — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:05:50 +0000

Isaac,
Sorry it took so long for me to reply but I wanted to be sure I got your post translated correctly before I did. I do speak Portuguese but I don’t read or right it very well, and Spanish is different enough I get lost. To answer your question I would get the Gerber LMF II Survival. It is the brown version and it comes with all the same items as the ASEK, it’s also cheaper than the ASEK and the best deal for the money.

You can’t do much about the metal of the blade, basically whatever Gerber is making them out of today is what is currently on the market. However, you may have luck on a site like Ebay or Gunbroker.com finding an older model that has a certain steel you’re looking for.

By: isaac

isaac — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:00:56 +0000

Hola que tal caddotx, he hechado un vistaso a muchas paginas de usted y otras y he visto que son muchas las verciones y variedades de metales del gerber lmf 2 ya sea infantry o asek y me es muy confuso. Aun no nompro uno por eso pero quiero adquirir uno pero quiero que sea el mejor, cual me recomienda usted que sea el mejor ya sea para funcion militar y en campo???? gracias. saludos.

By: caddotx

caddotx — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:57:45 +0000

Hey Jordi,
To be honest I don’t have a good answer for you on the straps. My personal LMF II came with four total straps sewed onto the sheath. One over the sharpener, one at the top of the scabbard, and two holding the handle. I’ll see if I can find out anything about that.

As to your question on the blade steel, there are many schools of thought out there on which is better. In my opinion the 440c, 420hc, and 12c27 steels all perform about the same with a proper heat treat. Each has subtle differences such as, the 420hc is a better steel around salt water. Hope this Helps!

By: Jordi

Jordi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:02:06 +0000

Hey I was looking around some different sites for this knife and noticed that some 22-01400 knives came with 1 strap, over the sharpener, holding the sheath itself to the nylon backing, some came with 2, top and bottom positions, and some came with 3 straps, all positions filled. All of these versions came with 2 wide, rubber gripped, leg straps though. Does it have to do with when the knife was made? How do the 440A, 420HC, and 12C27 blades compare? Thanks a lot.

By: caddotx

caddotx — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:49:10 +0000

OK, I’m going to give you the short answer here in the comments section. Look for my post with all the specifics coming in the next few days. (It’s a much longer answer and some great info.) The only way to surely know which steel your LMF II is made from is by checking the original packaging. That’s the straight scoop from my contact at Gerber.

By: Amos Hoe

Amos Hoe — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:59:48 +0000

Thanks caddotx (sorry, can’t seem to find your name on the site).

By: caddotx

caddotx — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:21:03 +0000

Hey Amos,
To be honest I’m not sure how to check that, but give me a couple of days and I’ll see if I can come up with an answer for you.

By: Amos Hoe

Amos Hoe — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:42:05 +0000

Hi guys,

Can I check something with you?

I just bought a LMF ii. How do I know when it is produced? Because as I calculate the timeline, mine could very well be produced within the Jan 08 to Apr 08 period when they changed the steel.

Thank you.