About three months ago I contacted Gerber and requested information on the production date of my knife that accompanied me to SEA and other parts of the world. I gave them the serial number (11840) and hoped they could give me a range of production dates. Three months later I receive this via E-mail:
From the info I have, I can confirm your knife was in production between 1966-1998. I know this is a huge time frame; Gerber record-keeping was very poor up until the early 2000s.
Let me know if there's anything else you need!
Thanks,
Kyle K
Gerber
Here was my response:
Since it shows a serial number of 11840, I thought you might be able to do a little better than a 20 year range, My mistake!
I am in the process of buying knives for my 3 sons and 3 SILs, and you can bet your butt, they won't be Gerbers.
From the info I have, I can confirm your knife was in production between 1966-1998. I know this is a huge time frame; Gerber record-keeping was very poor up until the early 2000s.
Let me know if there's anything else you need!
Thanks,
Kyle K
Gerber
Here was my response:
Since it shows a serial number of 11840, I thought you might be able to do a little better than a 20 year range, My mistake!
I am in the process of buying knives for my 3 sons and 3 SILs, and you can bet your butt, they won't be Gerbers.