- GERBER MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
- GERBER MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER
- GERBER MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL
Some are much more collectable than others, of course. These knives were denoted by stamping with a trailing "T" for tool steel rather than the "S" for stainless. The design is by nature, a bit fragile, but the Gerber is as good an example as you will find in a mass production knife.
GERBER MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL
Special order requests for knives with L6 tool steel blades were honored for a short period after the start of the new serial numbering scheme.
GERBER MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER
The new serial numbering system started with serial A1001S and continued to at least N4121S, the highest serial number that I have encountered. In 1982 an alphanumeric numbering system was used.
GERBER MK1 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
There is speculation that the early inverted serial numbers appear only on the first day of the Mark II's production. Sometime after S/N 001049 and before S/N 001116 the serial number stamping was rotated 180 degrees (digits read with blade pointing up) and remained this way until the end of production. I have records of three blades 001001, 001049 stamped in this manner. The Model 1917 bayonet lacks a serial number in the same years that the Springfield made Model 1905 was numbered. The bolo knives had serial numbers and also they were made without them.
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stamped where the digits are read with the blade pointing down. The M1917, M1918 and the M1918Mk1 knives were never marked with a serial number yet prior to this and after this date bayonets were still serial numbered. The very early serial numbers were inverted, i.e. 1980 knife and is somewhat puzzling as supposedly Gerber switched to Stainless steel around December 1979 which would be around serial 085000.
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I've only noted one knife in this range stamped with an "S", S/N 096939S, which indicates that the blade is made of stainless steel. Most of these knives have blades which are made of L6 tool steel. If the leading alpha character doesnt change for the year, again simple subtraction plus 1 gives the total. Serial numbering of production knives started with a six digit serial number, 001001 in early 1967 and continued to serial 112000 at the end of 1981. These serial numbers consist of a single leading letter followed by digits from 0000 to 9999 followed by an 'S' or 'T'. Mark II prototypes and salesman's samples were all stamped with a 000000 (six zeros) serial number (See the XKCT knife under Prototypes). However knives can be found that have no serial number and some are totally unmarked, missing both a serial number and the Gerber logo.
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To my knowledge, no knives were intentionally produced without serial numbers. It’ll give you a serial number, take that serial and divide by 2 then multiply it by 15. 8d 6h left (10-04, 06:45 p.m.) from United States. Ditto 1.0 : XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX (any numbers in this format). It is fortunate for collectors that Gerber decided to stamp Mark II blades with a serial number as this added an extra step in knife production and thus extra cost. VINTAGE GERBER USA MAGNUM POCKET KNIFE LOCKBACK FOLDING HUNTER with SCABBARD. SERIAL NUMBERS - Serial numbers make dating the Mark II knives a simple process.