Gear Used in Man V Wild

**man.vs.wild** · 07-21-2007, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge47

Yo, Tony UK, what does the price on that knife (350 lbs. before P&P) boil down to in American Dollars? (I'm almost afraid to ask) No thanks, Bear baby, don't want your name on my knife, I'll stick with the ones I got and plan on getting already.

1 british pound is like 2.02 something american dollars ( bassically a whole lotta money!!!!!!!)

**Sarge47** · 07-21-2007, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by man.vs.wild

1 british pound is like 2.02 something american dollars ( bassically a whole lotta money!!!!!!!)

You're right on the money, according to Blewgrass it comes to $717.16 BEFORE S. & H. from the UK!

**blewgrass** · 07-22-2007, 02:10 AM

I think it's cheesy to have Bears name on a knife blade. Seven hundred bones is ridiculous. Equivelant steel and build can be achived for far less money. Plenty of well made knives made of 430 grade stainless for less than a hundred US dollars... even titanium.

**tarheelfan** · 07-23-2007, 02:40 PM

Here is a link to an adventure equip. supplier that is partnered with Bear http://beargrylls.itchyfeet.com/index.php Bad thing is the store is based in London...although most of the equipment on the site is manufactured and sold in the US also. Btw, most of his clothing and footwear is North Face, Columbia, Merrel, and Marmot...all name-brand and rather expensive but good quality.

**BAKWOODS** · 06-08-2009, 12:32 AM

i have wanted to buy the bear grylls knife but its just too pricey for me.
so i got an old chainsaw bar and made my own.works pretty good too.
holds a nice edge ,and durable.

**Sam** · 06-08-2009, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Rocky789

I actually work retail for a small (12 stores) outdoors equipment store, and we carry a lot of bear gryll's stuff long before he did, and ever since the show more people are buying that gear. But I do have the light my fire flint/steel unit and it is the best flint on the market, as far as his shoes he uses the Merrell Chameleon Stretch (and no bear grylls doesnt have any kind of a deal with merrell)which really is a pretty good choice for all of the stuff he does, but his water bottle looks a lot lke the Sigg bottles that we sell but I dont think it is because these units only hold 0.6 liters.
As far as knives just use what works, I dont need a big name on my knife to tell me it is a good knife.
The watch he uses he actually has a contract with the company, they specialize in making watches that can take a lot of abuse but still can be worn in formal situations, ive handled these watches and can say if I had a ton of money I would be tempted to buy one.
As far as jackets ive seen him wear some North Face gear (on the Alps epsiode of the first season) and I almost laughed thinking of the poor guy using that crummy gear (sorry North Face makes great products for people that dont really need to abuse their gear or have gear that needs to last for a really really long time, which is why it is so cheap), but in a lot of episodes ive seen him in an arcteryx alpha jacket, price is $250 USA but its honestly one of the best rain jackets on the market if it fits you, I have one and I love it (I work retail and can get rain jackets from about 8 different companies but I picked this one for all good reasons), he definately got smarter by switching from North Face to Arcteryx.
I havent been able to identify anything else he has worn but he probably got all of his stuff in Britain whereas im here in the USA looking at what we have.

His water bottle is British army canteen with cup. They have a small cooker unit available, the whole thing is called the Crusader System I think.
-Sam

**Sarge47** · 06-08-2009, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Sam

His water bottle is British army canteen with cup. They have a small cooker unit available, the whole thing is called the Crusader System I think.
-Sam

Yes, but does it glow or something when getting close to a motel...we know that it will hold 1 litre of fresh urine.

**Ken** · 06-08-2009, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge47

Yes, but does it glow or something when getting close to a motel...we know that it will hold 1 litre of fresh urine.

I'll gladly refill Bear Grylls' army canteen for him.....

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**Yakov** · 06-10-2009, 04:45 AM

For 717.00 I'd just buy a couple of tom brown knives...haha

**jeff_c** · 06-14-2009, 12:31 AM

For the longest time Bear wore a Breitling Emergency. Now he wears a Bremont. Apparently a company started by a few of his friends. (more sponsorship).

Nice watches though!

**Sarge47** · 06-14-2009, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by jeff_c

For the longest time Bear wore a Breitling Emergency. Now he wears a Bremont. Apparently a company started by a few of his friends. (more sponsorship).

Nice watches though!

How about hiking over to the intro section & telling us a bit about yourself?