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Gerber Valloton Assisted Opening Folding Knife | 
 enlarge | Brand: Gerber
Category: Sports
Buy: $17.79 - $54.99
This item is no longer available
Rating:  9 reviews
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.1 x 1.4 x 0.7
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| Features:
| • | Tactile texturing on the handle | | • | F.A.S.T. assisted opening technology | | • | Overall Length: 6.4 in | | • | Length Closed: 3.8 in | | • | Length of Blade: 2.6 in |
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Product Description
The Gerber Valloton assisted-opening folding knife combines an extremely light weight, a gun-checkered handle, and the crisp simplicity of the F.A.S.T. assisted technology with a safety lock release. Its slim profile easily clips securely in your pocket.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Nice knife. November 30, 2008
S. Smith (Beaumont, TX)
Nice knife, nice finish. It's a little hard to "thumb-open" due to it's smaller size. I like the lock/release switch on the side.
 Not good November 18, 2008
Fred Helm (New york, NY)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Knife would not open all the way and lock button in the way of opening sent back for refund.
Does pretty much everything you could hope it could do November 14, 2008
C. Carpenter (USA)
I would easily recommend this knife to anybody who thinks it would be nice to have.
The opening mechanism is slick and effective without coming off as automatically scary or threatening when used sensibly. I think this knife could be considered a good safety item for someone that spends a lot of time in a boat, air plane, or pretty much any vehicle. If you are ever caught in a situation where you only have one hand/arm available and you need to cut something, like if you were in an accident and needed to cut a seatbelt loose but its holding down one arm, this would be the knife to have, and its small enough to always be near and not take up a lot of space or add a lot of weight.
The one thing keeping this knife from getting 5 stars, and it is kind of a big one is that it is easily possible for the knife to open when the lock is in place, its more like a spring off button then a true lock. Compounding this problem is that once the knife opens enough the lock is disengaged and the knife is "fully loaded" and ready to spring back open at any time.
Knife very easy to use and convenient November 2, 2008
John Hastings West Jr. (Allison Park, PA)
I really like this pocket knife. The lock is nice, and the action lets the knife automatically open fully once you have it open part way. I lost my first one and immediately ordered another. During the ordering of my 2nd one, it arrived and the action was very stiff, blade didn't fly open fully; I had to push it the rest of the way open. So I returned it for another that is ok.
Not bad September 17, 2008
Mark Leinhos
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The blade holds a good edge and is sturdy. The knife over all is pretty small so people with big hands might want the bigger version (non mini). When I received it the opening action felt gritty, almost as if there was sand inside it. The saftey was also kind of hard to operate. However after a month of use that totally went away and now it opens smooth as butter and the safety is very easy to operate. That said, sometimes it falls *too* easily into the "safe" position, meaning that I have to un-safe it before it will open.
Tip up carrying position and deep clip means it hides well, even in my business clothes.
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