Gerber Auto Covert Automatic Knife vs Morakniv Bushcraft Fixed Blade Knife Black

Gerber auto is the worst knife I've ever bought. It is pure garbage and gerber should shut its fucking doors. Looks like a blind child made it, nothingnis straight, it came butter knife sharp, and the action literally doesnt work.

I'll keep this as a back up to the Schrade, but only because I already bought it. If I was looking for a back up to the Schrade, I just would've bought another Schrade as this is a few bucks more. Morakniv makes decent blades, then insists on sticking them in terribly made plastic handles and sheaths. This is their downfall, in my mind

good quality knife as far as the material, but it scratches the blade when it opens, the lock mechanism works ok, i think it was just that knife i probably, it has a lifetime warranty so when i take it back i will probably get a better one, if you want a nice switch blade, i would reccomend this or the off grid rapid fire ranger.

The steel is 1095 High Carbon with a protective finish (guess what color). The finish is slick and smooth as glass (not thick textured paint and not powder-coat).

They also have a line made in the US which is of higher quality but costs quite a bit more. I will be buying the American made version of this knife at around $150.00. It's a decent knife if the price was a little lower

If the Black had a reasonably nice leather sheath I'd give it 5 stars. Even without a leather sheath, I don't I should have to pay another 20 or more for the upgraded sheath with ferro rod. Guess I am having a case of buyers remorse and want to help you avoid it.

It failed under very minor pressure. When I first received the knife right away I was concerned about the durability and overall safety of the knife. Knowing it was probably a bad situation just waiting to strike I used it with extreme care. I had no idea it would fail at such a low tolerance of use

Mine does not have good retention, its functional, but thats about it. Furthermore, the handle has a rubberized coating, which is comfortable and grippy, but mine is allready wearing simply from pulling the knife out of the sheath. Because of this, my sheath will eventually cease to retain my knife at all, I'm sure. I would have been happy without the rubber coating all together, even if I had to wrap grip tape on the plastic handle

Also it is heavy compared to my other Gerber assisted opening knives. But it cuts smooth.

- It is no thicker than it needs to be in order to retain stiffness. Any thicker than about 3mm, and it's just useless weight. So many knives today are way too thick, probably because people think they need the thing to split logs because they haven't learned the technique of quickly fashioning simple wooden wedges for the job. 3mm is perfect in my opinion

Part of the difference between the Gerbers is that the mini covert uses a fiberglass filled nylon that feels more dense than the G-10 handle of the 22-01966. I guess a good way of explaining the difference in "feel" is to say that I fear that if I dropped this knife that the handle material would crack. Luckily, since Gerber backs up their products with a lifetime warranty, I really don't need to worry too much about it, plus from what I read G-10 is tougher than it feels!

My only hangup is the sheath. The sheath body seems to cover more of the handle than necessary, making it a little awkward to unsheathe, with pinky and ring finger first to expose more handle and ultimately the proper grip. The thumb ridges on the sheath is not in the right place for this motion either, so I guess we’re meant to adjust our grip after unsheathing? Also, the rubber is so grippy against the sheath that pushing on the thumb ridges is too much friction. The sheath’s locking action relies on the softer rubber of the handle at the hilt - it wears there almost like a pencil eraser with visible damage to it already on mine