Why I Think the Morakniv Garberg is Better than the Gerber Strongarm

[@leinadqse5300]

From my perspective, the Garberg is a dedicated bushcraft knife and the strong arm is a general utility/combat blade. I think id always pick the Garberg over the Strongarm unless i was using the blade for combat purposes and if thats the case i would choose the strong arm. That being said, i have a Gerber prodigy( almost identical to the strong arm) that i have modified and i love, and i have a stainless Garberg that i love.

[@unitytira4954]

Thank you so much for sharing this video and your insights on both knives. It is a big help, to have another person’s insights appreciate it so much.

[@MichaelR58]

Good points , thanks for sharing ,God bless !

[@alanrice39]

The Garberg is next on my list to get, I’ve been on a Mora kick lately. My last Mora was a bushcraft black and a stainless bushcraft orange, love both of these knives. I have the Gerber strongarm, it’s a ok knife but I’m in agreement with you that the Garberg is better. I will have my Garberg soon. Really enjoy these knife videos.

[@jeffcarter3139]

I love Moras and have several FROSTS Moras. Have you tried the Condos Matt Graham 420 steel knife? Tennessee

[@timbo4374]

Although I don't hate the Strongarm, I'll take the Garberg over it any day. I wouldn't even think twice about it.

[@deeboo1122]

Do a vid on how u sharpen it in the field?

[@johnnylogan5927]

I wouldnt buy Gerber knives but some people like them. I have a few Moras and both the stainless and carbon steel Garberg. Its not about price to me and most Moras are way underpriced but they are much better for what they are meant for. I have some Cold Steel knives comparable to the gerber but they are better knives too and way cheaper. The SRK has a longer blade but still a better knife and sheath and better steel. Gerber is the walmart brand to me and if im carrying the weight it will be a Cold Steel Mora Esee or SOG over any Gerber knife.

[@hunterglaspell]

Both are completely different tools that serve completely different purposes. I would never want the garberg in a real SHTF situation, as it would not do well at all in an urban environment. The strong arm does do well in an urban environment, and does decent in the wild. The KZbin channel mayor fuglycool broke the garberg (handle separated from the tang) doing the same things he did with the strong arm. The strongarm did fine. Both are great knives, and I do enjoy the garberg or mora in general while backpacking.

[@pullo5518]

Strongarm is a great blade but in the test mayor used the stainless steel version of the garberg and it still completed the test what is pretty amazing imo.

[@tor2919]

My favourite Mora is the Kansbol. Cuts better and is lighter in the backpack.

[@gregbarry5875]

Have you seen JOE X's knife destruction video on the Strongarm ? He absolutely tortures the knife and has to go to great lengths to break the Strongarm blade. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out. I don't think you would criticize the "Chinese steel" of the gerber. It takes an impressive amount of abuse.

[@martinhafner2201]

The Strongarm and Prodigy have become too expensive in the last couple years. I got my Prodigy (non-serrated) from Walmart for $22 on sale. It was an excellent deal. The list price was $49, which was still a good deal. It is one of my very few knives done in a military field knife style, because that is not really my thing. It was priced as a durable, easily replaced beater. It is not any longer. I convexed the last 1/8 inch and ended it at 20 degrees instead of the brutish orginal angle (30 degrees /side?), so now it shaves wood nicely. It is still not a primary bushcraft knife, but just a general purpose knife with a side job in bushcraft. It's the knife I'm not afraid to abuse, because that's how it was designed. That's its purpose in life. Open a can, dig a hole, prep some firewood or stab someone/something that means me ill. I won't use my Garberg that way. I ground off the micro-bevel so now it is a clean 13 degree scandi, which is not designed for abuse. Its made for carving wood, prepping a fire and cutting cord. If I hunted, it could be used to skin an animal. I can also chop with it a little by using a lanyard. My lanyards go on and come off quickly, so they aren't a problem. Some people do lanyards wrong and then complain about them.

[@derekchayel6292]

I wouldn't recommend the garberg for (especially) a beginner due to the absence of a finger guard.

[@properpropaganda9831]

Amen to that!

[@sgtfatrod8901]

Had nothing but bad experiences with Gerber myself. The only tool I still own from them is the Gerber dime mini multitool. & even that is meh in terms of quality. Esee 4hm is around the $100 range. Hard to beat the Esee lifetime warranty. Doesn't even matter if you somehow break it....

[@markpoore3260]

I own a gerber principle 3 inch 0 scandi blade I’ve had it for a little over a yr and I’ve had pretty good success with it.

[@markpoore3260]

I have broke a strong arm but never broke any garberg or mora knife and I have used moras for yrs

[@drewpifer6082]

The difference in steel is very noticeable

[@greekveteran2715]

Strongarm has softer tougher steel, is a thicker and bigger blade, also has a more massive hidden tang .How did it break?!

[@markpoore3260]

@@greekveteran2715 not sure if I had a defective one or not. I was batoning hard oak logs at a survival course and it snapped about a half inch from the handle

[@greekveteran2715]

@@markpoore3260 It could be a bad heat treatment, just because it's a mass produced. The heat treatment on the strongarm, is some of the best I've seen on 420hc steel. Batoning has rules, so knowledge and experience, are welcome as with everything in life! That being said, take a look what it took to break, and the wierd thing, is that it in the end, broke at the same spot you described yours broke! Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHXRqaipeL2Jaq8

[@Darrenski]

There is simply no need for double quillions. If you want to protect your fingers from slipping down onto the blade you only really need the lower guard. As for the steel, I'd never again buy a knife in that steel. Plus the garberg steel in my experience is pretty easy to sharpen up quickly and easily, especially being a scandi. I can't really see one plus over the garberg unless you're looking for a soldier knife.

[@IvIidnight]

Hello from CO

[@allemander]

These aren’t even comparable in any realistically earthly realm. Gerber is a fancy word for garbage. MoraKniv is Swedish for king of knives. End of story.

[@dtelaw]

I have the Strongarm and it is an excellent knife. I am waiting on a Garberg to arrive and I am sure I will like it. IMO….. the Strongarm is a tactical knife that can do bush rafting. The Garberg appears to be a bush raft knife that serve as a tactical blade. Good news is you don’t have to choose one.

[@jrozz421]

If the strongarm was still 50 bucks, it would be a good deal

[@gladeshunter8796]

420 HC is not a Chinese Steel and the Strongarm is U.S. made . With that said I wouldn’t use either one of em .Both are overpriced and overrated.

[@ricbarnett201]

Yep. The same USA made 420HC steel that Buck uses. And I would put the heat treatment Gerber uses at their Portland facility up against Buck's BOS treatment any day. I owned Gerbers back in the 1970's that were very well made, and I expect that they still know a thing or 2 about how to heat treat metal.

[@ricbarnett201]

That being said, the Strongarm is the only Gerber that I have owned since, Fiskars has done their best to try and ruin this fine old American company.

[@Mouthpiece985]

Yeah yeah we've heard how you don't like Gerber knives

[@MichaelDonlinAwesome]

Lol #batonarock

[@sherwinpalacio3227]

The Garberg is better than the Strongarm

[@drewpifer6082]

Garberg is better overall !

[@atrobertootto]

Y have Gerber and mora garberg,y love mora ,y take strongarm every day

[@SINTHEREBEL666]

Lmao 😂 nope

[@SINTHEREBEL666]

I rather support the USA made than Europe

[@sgtfatrod8901]

Well technically either way you're supporting Europe because Gerber is owned by fiskars, which is a Finnish company.

[@SINTHEREBEL666]

Mora knives are cheap made .

[@Damen0530]

Inexpensive, not cheap

[@jmount411]

You would be hard pressed to get a better bushcraft knife for 70 bucks than the Mora Garberg. The Condor Terrasaur is good but I own both and like the Garberg better. It's higher quality. It is recommended by a ton of survival instructors.

[@greekveteran2715]

Cheap made? That's 100% wrong. They don't cost much, but both the steel, heat treatment, design, edge bevels, geometry, handle ergos. are all great.They come with a sheath, that you can use in the outdoors and resheath the knife, without having to clean the blade every time.. Try for example to go harvesting wild edible plants or mushroms, with any other knife... only Mora works, for that job, the others, you have every minute or 2 to clead the blade good enough, to resheath it.. I lose my time...many people don't know about knives nowdays...

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Dave Canterbury thinks the Mora Garberg is all you need in a bush blade....enuff said!

[@jmount411]

@@greekveteran2715 Old Hickory and dexter russel make a decent full tang knife in the 20 dollar range but you have to put alot of work in them to make them really solid for the field. First you either have to make or find a decent sheath. I sand and stain the handle then add many coats of linseed oil to make it comfortable and nice looking. I will do a forced patina or do a acid stone wash to the blade to protect against rust. Then reprofile the edge and sharpen to a lazer edge. It a few hours of work but you can turn a 20 dollar knife into a solid tool. Your basically just paying for a knife blank and you do the rest of the work. A mora companion you just tune up the edge a bit and your good to go and you have a decent sheath as well. I love the dexter russel fish knife though I put alot of work into it and it's actually been great for alot of things. It's more for fine tasks and skinning out game but combined with a good 4-5 scandi grind fixed blade it's a great combo.

[@PuReBlOoD3478]

Gerber is for children. Tinfoil is for cooking, not knife blades.