Gerber makes some great knives. I like every one I have bought and I own quite a few. Bear Grylls the person, is a very knowledgeable outdoorsman I just didn't care for his show, too over the top.
The knife gets good reviews on certain sites but what those customers actually used them for is never known. I sure for the weekend camper it's a great knife. For the serious guy it's probably junk.

I have morning coffee with a former Gerber exec. who has started his own knife business with a product line launch next month. He agrees with me that the BG knives are not up to usual Gerber quality standards but that the Bear Grylls brand is one of the best marketing moves the company ever made. Despite the Bear being a punch-line for jokes in the legitimate survival instructor community, his stupid and dangerous TV show gives him and thus the product great name recognition. The average viewer is entertained and doesn't know that what they are watching is BS.