What Knife Does Bear Grylls Use?

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19454123732700182302024-12-02T04:00:21.285-07:00What Knife Does Bear Grylls Use?Just what knife does <b>Bear Grylls</b> use on the Discovery Channel's <i>Man vs. Wild</i>? This question fills knife, survivalist, and fan forums all over the net. Whether you fell in love with a knife by sight, or you're just curious about them, we've searched the web to identify each one.D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-35849754192887720202013-02-07T06:18:00.001-07:002013-02-07T06:18:38.430-07:00Are the Knives Bear Grylls Used Still For Sale?

In the time since we started this blog and today, my girls have grown up and moved off to college and Man vs. Wild has gone off the air, as well as a Bear's new survival show. But as a testimony to the sheer awesomeness of these knives, people are still scouring the web for information about them. Here's a quick update just in case you haven't been able to pick one up for yourself. Buck Iceman -

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-30528392023355286112012-01-18T19:29:00.001-07:002012-01-18T19:32:06.894-07:00For the Love of a Pocket Knife

I just came across an article over at Gizmodo about a contributor's favorite pocket knife. It's 50 years old and he wouldn't part with it for the world. It won't stand up well to any knife chosen by Bear Grylls. Heck, even the bottom end Bear Grylls Compact Scout Knife would beat it in a fight to the death in a back alley. But you've got to admire the author's love for the thing. I am

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-5611942834064615462011-02-15T15:26:00.000-07:002011-02-15T15:26:24.421-07:00Buck Iceman DISCONTINUED

In what is surely not news to any of you who have tried to buy one lately, the Buck Iceman is no longer made by the Buck Knives company. I recently lost my Buck Iceman (my favorite Bear Grylls knife to date), and set about to find a replacement. Everyone was sold out, listing it as back ordered, or redirecting the old links to Gerbers and Titanium Pros. A quick call to the Buck Knives company

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-33391063644220329392007-11-28T23:43:00.000-07:002008-11-13T02:25:57.682-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Iceland Glaciers Episode?

In Season Two, Episode Two, we find Bear plunked down in the middle of a glacier somewhere in Iceland. It is like the French Alps, part two, but with more gore. Highlights for us were when he dug out his own ice cave and when he experienced a full spa treatment as he gave himself a hot mud bath right after trying out for the Polar Bear club.The low point for us was the fresh sheepsicle bit. In a

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-83554970689647577522007-11-16T14:53:00.001-07:002008-09-16T16:19:29.350-06:00What Knives Did Bear Use in Season One of Man Vs. Wild?

Season One:01) Moab - Buck Iceman02) Costa Rica - Titanium Pro Dive Knife03) French Alps - Wenger Serrated Mountaineer Knife04) Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano - Gerber Gator Serrater with Clip Point05) Sierra Nevada Mountains in California - No knife06) Northern Kenya - Gerber Gator Serrater with Clip Point07) Alaska - Buck Iceman08) Pacific Island - Titanium Pro Dive Knife09) Rocky Mountains - No

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-20649963196931645442007-11-16T13:24:00.000-07:002008-11-13T02:25:58.153-07:00What Knife is Bear Using in the Everglades Episode?

Here we are on the eve of the third season finally getting around to writing up the second season. We can't say that makes us fashionably late, but we can say we've still done our homework. We saw some old favorites come back for a return bow and we saw some new knives make the spotlight for the first time. Such was the case with the Everglades episode - the first show of the second season.

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-6736742158646727262007-11-04T23:23:00.000-07:002007-11-04T23:32:39.637-07:00Man vs. Wild Season One DVD Rereleased and Repackaged

The Man vs. Wild Season One DVD is back and better than before. Now it's a 4 disk set with new package art and set for a December 10th release. The Amazon site hasn't been updated yet, but we'll be sure to let you know when it is. Will the double-sized DVD set feature the expanded episodes featuring crew footage? It seems a reasonable guess.tags technorati : Bear Grylls Man vs. Wild Born Survivor

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-78610828454259956822007-09-17T03:54:00.000-06:002007-09-17T04:02:04.197-06:00Man vs. Wild Season One DVD Release Date Removed

A quick look at Amazon.com's page for Man vs. Wild Season One DVD boxed set showed that the September release date has been removed. We were wondering if the first season would be retooled in light of the controversy over the summer. Looks like this will be the case, though we cannot verify that is the exact reason for the release delay. We'll post more information once it becomes available.tags

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-74145356593837311832007-08-13T22:23:00.000-06:002007-08-13T22:39:20.108-06:00Bear's Blog Updated with Support from Peers

(cc) mtsrsIf you read Bear's Blog: Sahara Filming Update when we first linked to it you may want to visit it again. Bear's updated the entry to include supportive letters from other summiteers and explorers like this one from Sir Ranulph Fiennes:Dear Sir/MadamThe Daily Mail's attack on Bear Grylls mentions that he is 'the cheese soufflé' of the adventure world and, by way of pushing this

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-8273982128596105202007-08-04T22:01:00.000-06:002007-08-04T23:07:19.975-06:00Bear Grylls Confesses! Sorta!!

(cc) mtsrsNow that Bear Grylls is back from his Sahara shoot he has taken some time to kick back, enjoy friends and family, and catch darts thrown at his face by the media. Figuratively speaking, of course. They'd never throw REAL darts. They just like to perforate people's lives from a safe and virtual distance. In this case, Bear grabbed the accusations and wrestled them down to the ground like

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-85955551584648050872007-07-29T03:34:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:25:59.128-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Rocky Mountains Episode?

In the ninth and last episode of the first season, Bear took on the Rockies somewhere near the Canadian border with just his clothes, backpack, and wits. He had no knife at his disposal. However, that's not to say he didn't get himself equipped with a sharp pointy thing in a hurry. He just clubbed two rocks together and made a knife out of a chipped fragment. He called it a "disk knife". We

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-12573594258696761212007-07-28T15:34:00.001-06:002009-05-05T19:40:10.462-06:00Former Guide Sinks Bear's Raft

The idyllic Pines Resort of California. Possible Grylls lodge?According to survival guide Mark Wienert, Bear Grylls has not been roughing it in the woods the way he is depicted on the telly. That's what the Sunday Times reported last weekend. Bear, instead, has spent cosy nights snuggled in nearby motels and resorts, enjoying the harsh rigors of cable TV and high speed internet. In fact, this

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-78251162313883994992007-07-18T04:50:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:25:59.918-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Pacific Island Episode?

It's Season One, Episode Eight, and somewhere in the Pacific Ocean Bear is set adrift and makes his way to an uninhabited island two miles away. Good thing he brought along his Titanium Pro Dive Knife. He used it to hammer his way through deadwood to build a signal fire, and it was great at making a multi point spear for fishing even though he wasn't so great at fishing. In fact, we wonder if the

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-22190707470942617552007-07-17T23:45:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:26:00.501-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Alaska Episode?

In Season One, Episode Seven, Bear's old friend, the Buck Iceman, makes a return visit to help him hack down saplings for a makeshift lean-to. You can recognize the Buck Iceman by it's Black Oxide finish, partial serrated edge, clip point blade, handle shape, and characteristic rounded guard. This knife is so tough Bear could pound on it with a rock to cut through small trees to make a spear.

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-21190996464087609292007-07-17T21:00:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:26:01.060-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Northern Kenya Episode?

In Season One, Episode Six, we see the return of the Gerber Gator Serrater with clip point as Bear takes on Northern Kenya. Perfect for hacking flesh from fresh lion kill. No berry picking for our man, Bear. It's "awesome" steak in the wild as he rips into a dead Zebra with his teeth. Can you believe this guy?Bear gets a lot of heat for taking risky chances, but admit it. If he just set up a

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-71998472995281574522007-07-17T15:55:00.000-06:002007-07-17T21:23:06.608-06:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Sierra Nevada Episode?

Weren't you paying attention? Bear didn't have a knife in this episode. When Bear was dropped off in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Canada, he used hands, vines, boots, and Indian throwing sticks to survive. He even skinned a rabbit with his bare hands. The guy is hard core.tags technorati : Bear Grylls Man vs. Wild Born Survivor Knives Survival Sierra Nevada Mountains

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-90414517705809525582007-07-17T15:24:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:26:01.539-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Hawaii Episode?

In Season One, Episode Four, Bear was dropped off in the middle of an old volcanic flow at Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano. Everything about this landscape was hostile from it's surface to its atmosphere, but Bear took it all in stride as usual. When he finally made his way to the forest, his Gerber Gator Serrater came in handy. This knife has a combo edge with clip point, but was almost as hard to

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-49913366983295073282007-07-16T21:48:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:26:02.114-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the French Alps Episode?

You remember that scene in Crocodile Dundee when the mugger pulls a knife on ole Croc and Croc says "That's not a knife"? Then he pulls out his very large bowie to prove his point? Well, we felt like the muggers when Bear started flashing his Wenger Serrated Mountaineer Knife in the French Alps. Suddenly our Swiss Army knife felt piddly. We used to be so proud of it's built in saw and two knives.

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-76915833358227259632007-07-16T06:08:00.000-06:002007-07-16T08:40:58.276-06:00"Man vs. Wild" Season Three Begins Filming

According to Bear's blog, Season Three of Man vs. Wild/Born Survivor is already underway. Bear takes on the Sahara Desert this time and he'll be up to his neck in danger. We can't wait.tags technorati : Bear Grylls Man vs. Wild Born Survivor Knives Survival

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-64267810395587094362007-07-16T05:42:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:26:02.517-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Costa Rica Episode?

In Season One, Episode Two, Bear takes on the jungles of Costa Rica where he shows us first hand why we need to boil water before we drink it. When he's not tossing his cookies off camera, Bear is wacking his way through the underbrush with his Titanium Pro Dive Knife. Some people claim it is a ScubaMax KN-200, others a ScubaMax KN-80, and still others insist Bear's knife is an Eagle Z-1 Little

D.R. Cooteyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17139544455838967475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945412373270018230.post-39322446736835601882007-07-16T04:27:00.000-06:002008-11-13T02:26:03.265-07:00What Knife Is Bear Using in the Moab Episode?

In Season One, Episode One, Bear takes on the arid Utah landscape in a trip to scenic Moab. Good thing he brought along a Buck Iceman. It helped him make a straw, scramble eggs, and cut up a shirt so he could pee on it before wrapping it around his head. We're not sure we could do that last bit, but we've recently spent time in Capitol Reef National Park - a bit north of Moab. The heat was

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