I got my Gerber Mk II at the Ft. Rucker PX while I was in flight school in 1968, the second year of the Mk II manufacture. I thought it looked cool and also thought it would make a good extraction tool to get out of a crashed Huey.
I carried it on my web belt, with my issue 1911A1, for my first tour in RVN in 1969 and again in 1971-72. I wore it every time I flew over there.
Some day I will pass on this Gerber to my son, who is a Navy helicopter pilot. One of these days I am going to type up a letter recording my history with this knife so that it can accompany the knife.
I carried it on my web belt, with my issue 1911A1, for my first tour in RVN in 1969 and again in 1971-72. I wore it every time I flew over there.
Some day I will pass on this Gerber to my son, who is a Navy helicopter pilot. One of these days I am going to type up a letter recording my history with this knife so that it can accompany the knife.
