Gerber Silver Knight 8380 Pearl Lockback Blade Folding Knife Japan Early 2000s

For sale is an early 2000 model of the Gerber Silver Knight Lockback Blade Folding Knife with Pearl scales, made by Sakai in Japan. I can't say exact date, but this model was manufactured between the years 2002-2004 when they were reintroduced by Gerber/Fiskars after being discontinued in 1995. These would be short-lived as they were again discontinued after 2005.This listing is for one knife from a stock of this model. The EXACT knife will vary but they are all new with box and pearl scales. The scales are all in excellent condition, most show light scuffing on the bolster. Boxes are intact but there is slight residue from tags.This was from a stored collection and hasn't been out for at least 20 years. Blade length: ~2 5/8"Overall Length with blade extended: 5 3/4"Closed length 3 ¼”. Please check out my other listings for more knives available and coming soon.Thanks for looking!Stock those interested, read below for more information about the History of the Gerber Silver Knight:The story of the Gerber Silver Eagle Series (later known as Silver Knight) goes back to 1972 when Gerber first met with Mr. Sakae Wada who, in addition to having his own distribution business in Osaka, Japan, is also a great outdoorsman and knife enthusiast. Mr. Wada had been Gerber’s exclusive distributor in Japan and also distributed knives of a few better custom knife makers.When Gerber initially decided upon producing this series of folding knives designed by Al Mar, Mr. Wada was asked how to go about getting these manufactured in Japan to the Gerber level of quality. His answer was that the Japanese cutlery industry is set up and controlled by a few trading companies who have historically farmed out the various knife making operations to small shops. There really wasn’t a single manufacturer who could accept the responsibility for making the complete knife with the quality Gerber demands. Gerber temporarily dropped the product – but Mr. Wada didn’t.In early 1976 Mr. Wada told Gerber of the Sakai family and how, during his discussions with them, they expressed great interest in pursing this project. Because of this interest, Mr. Sakai and his family, along with one of Japan’s foremost authorities on heat treating, Mr. Takuo Onoue, have organized the first complete folding knife factory in Japan named Gerber/Sakai Homono for the express purpose of making knives in Japan to Gerber quality standards – and all under the direct supervision of Mr. Sakae Wada.Mr Wada had been able to convince Japan’s finest manufacturer of specialty steels that this is a project in which they should be associated. They decided to participate and allowed the exclusive use of their finest stainless steel – Ginghami No. 1 (This steel had not been used previously because until then, price had always been foremost in the buyer’s eye.) The Ginghami No. 1 was heat treated under Mr. Onoue’s personal supervision to a hardness of Rockwell 58-60C, and the blades held an edge unlike anything Gerber had seen come out of Japan.