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I'm loving the other thread on the ACF knives and others, didn't want to hijak it. I never owned an ACF but always liked that design. I bought this set when it was issued, 1981/82, from a gun store in Union, NJ. This was a big purchase at the time but I was a Gerber fan and a Loveless fan. I've never carried any of the knives and only displayed the set when I lived in NJ. It includes five different sheaths, a shoulder harness and a sharpening steel.    ________________________________ "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | ||
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HOLY COW!!!  What a beautiful set! I'm jealous, I passed on buying one 25 years ago, and it's one of those regrets. ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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That is one hell of a set! Seeing as I was born in 81, I was a little late to the party for that particular item. “You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.” - Robert Heinlein | |||
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Wow. Nice-looking set. I don't remember seeing it around years ago. | |||
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| Throwin sparks makin knives  |
Oooooooooo my!! WANT!!!!!!!!!! Never seen this before!! That's really cool! | |||
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Very nice indeed! I have set 0999. I have not seen many others. It's a very well executed set. ----------------------------------- USAF/ANG Retired | |||
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That's a beautiful set. I carried the small Guardian in the 1980's. The old Gerbers are goergeous. Thanks for sharing the pictures- I've never seen that set before. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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That is nice. I never saw the whole set like that. I have a Mk1 from the late 70s. The snap on the sheath came loose, the handle has a bare spot where the sheath rubbed it, and the blade is scuffed and shows sharpening marks. But I still like it. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Very nice set. I have a MkII from 1977. First knife I ever bought. Also have a Guardian somewhere around here... NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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Beautiful set of blades. ________________________________________________________ The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun. | |||
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Thanks to Z06 for inspiring threads like this. Glad you folks enjoy them as much as I do. This set is 0262, that 0999 number is cool. I carried a Guardian until I had an ex-employee come and rob me at gunpoint, he took the Guardian, never seen again. I had the first and second Mark II's but sold them over the years. Those were great days for Gerber, I've owned a lot of the early knives, cats tongue and Armorhide handles. Still have Balance Plus kitchen knives that get used everyday. Win ________________________________ "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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That’s beautiful! I’ve never heard of, or seen the set. Thanks for sharing. Man, I’ve wanted a Guardian for a long time, but the prices were always a bit much for me. Bought an older model SOG Pentagon instead, and it’s alright. Still want a small Guardian. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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Very nice. There are Gerbers made today which I like a lot. Fixed blades. | |||
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I used the larger Guardian in the Army in the ‘80’s. I also used a Tac II. | |||
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| Triggers don't pull themselves  |
Awesome set. I bought a Gerber BMF back in the ‘80’s - still have it along with box and papers. Now you’ve got me pining for a Mk II again  Michael | |||
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Seeing this caused me to buy a Guardian in the Classifieds. Another one. The first one was passed down to me by my father. It saved his life in a NYC mugging, in the 80's. Great set. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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UTsig, I remember lusting after a boxed set Rays Sport Shop had on display years ago..... Wonderful set by the way | |||
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^^^ Shopped Ray's for years. I still have a Gerber "Musky" I bought from them, no sheath, $20.00, back in the '70s. ________________________________ "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Beautiful. I had a Gerber Mark II that was either stolen or I traded years ago. I didn't know what I had then... I have carried a Gerber Guardian Backup for something like 20 years. Love it, but something about that long, slender blade on its big brother always makes me smile. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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I consider very few knives "sexy" but that wasp shaped blade is one! Loveless was such an outstanding designer, he's credited with a lot of innovations. Few people know he built guns, too, was noted for 1911s and S&W Model 41s. ________________________________ "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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