(More) Goodies from Gerber
December 9th, 2005
The Hobbit Hole is pleased to announce, due to the generous support from Gerber Legendary Blades, more products from the Gerber lineup. These will be given to any servicemember who requests one.
The first item is another one of those taxpayer-supplied goodies that you can never get through the federal (non)supply system. It’s the very nice, and handy, Gerber 600 Multitool, model 5770. It is available with either standard jaws and tools, or cap-crimper jaws, and C4 punch. A black ballistic nylon belt pouch is included.
The next Gerber Goodie is the military model of their Recon multi-color flashlight. It uses a single AA battery, and features a rotating color filter that provides white light at full illumination, and red, green, and blue lights at reduced levels.
The light is made of aluminum, and is quite solid. Waterproofing on the “M” model has been improved with a second O-ring under the tail cap, and better sealing of the rotating filter ring. It’s now even more water-resistant, but is not a diving light. There’s a pocket clip, and a hole in the tail cap for a lanyard.
This light has several uses. Sometimes, only white light will do, when color recognition at night is needed. The red light preserves night vision the best, while the human eye is most sensitive to the green light. The blue light was included at the request of Navy SEALS. It’s known as a “blood light”, and its purpose is to differentiate between mud and blood at night. We hope nobody will ever need the blue light.
And as a small tidbit of information, current Gerber LMF IIs are coming in a plastic clam pack, rather than the usual cardboard box. This requires me to risk life and limb (I almost had the first knife slide into my lap) while cutting them out of their plastic armored packaging. I have to remove the knives from the packaging so they will fit in our heavy-duty mailing boxes. Everything is there, including the informative cardboard display. Future Gerber LMFs may come in either a box, or the clam pack.
These pocket tools and lights are now part of the regular Hobbit Hole inventory, although we presently have only a small supply until we get a better feel for the demand. As with the rest of the Hobbit Hole “product line”, ask, and we will do our very best to get it to you.
Entry Filed under: General, Hobbit Hole Knives, Troop Tech
6 Comments
1. Michael Nazario | February 24th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Could I please have these items if not yet requested? Thank you.
2. Chrstopher Nash | March 12th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
I would like to request the items shown, if the offer is still available. All 3 of these, paricularly the gerber and the flashlight, would be extremely helpful here in Baghdad!
Thank you!
3. MSgt R.C. Robinson II | March 17th, 2006 at 9:47 am
The Gerber Multi-tool and Gerber flashlight would be awesome. As you probably know Special Operations Forces work primarily at night and these items would be incredibly helpful during our night operations. If you have any questions please e-mail me.
4. Joel Springman | April 4th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
For SFC Pickens:
I live in Caldwell, and I have a couple of knives that I will never use. They are Cold Steel brand punch knives (one is tiny, but great for opening packages, MRE packets, etc, and has a chain for wearing it aroung the neck) and a Cold Steel 5″ blade tanto style folder. The other punch knife is big enough to fight with, in a pinch, or for a utility knife.
I also have a 5″ blade boot knife that would make a good “camp” knife, too. It’s made by Smith and Wesson. The quality is not bad, but not intended for REAL combat.
I have a Kabar/Dozer brand small pocket knife that I love, but you can have it, too.
Since this is a lean time for us, I can’t send the really good combat knives ( I like the big Beckers, among others ).
I would also be happy to give you my Ontario Knife Company 9″ blade fighting knife ( I think it’s good quality ).
If you live at your mailing address, I can drive them to you. Otherwise, I can mail them.
Thank you for your service. –Joel.
5. Brad Baloun | May 22nd, 2006 at 3:59 am
I would like to request one of these if there are any available or if the offer is still out there.
Thank You for what you do for the troops
6. GySgt Dumdie | June 19th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
I have had one of the Gerber Recon Lights for quite a while now, with the LED, batteries last forever, and light out put is just right for working close up. I carry it all the time attached to my body armor, Its used when Surefire is to much light. If you have the oportunity to get one of these, don’t pas it up, you won’t regret it.
Regards,
GySgt Dumdie.
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