Earlier this month, President Obama and celebrity survival expert Bear Grylls broke bread together in Alaska. But because the President was a guest on Grylls’ TV Show ‘Running Wild,’ they were trekking through the Alaskan wilderness, and the meal they shared was a bear’s leftovers.
This sneak peek from the full episode due to run on NBC, features Grylls preparing and cooking a salmon portion left behind by a bear. In the video, Grylls is seen using the Gerber Bear Grylls Compact Scout II folding knife, one of his own collaborations with Gerber.
Grylls reportedly ditched the secret service-approved activities and instead gave the President a more authentic experience. “It’s funny, [the secret service] said lots of things beforehand,” Grylls said. “But on the day I decided to just wing it.”
Reflecting on his brief adventure outside the bubble of relentless secret service protection, President Obama said: “It was one of the best days of my Presidency. First of all, I’m not in the office. Second of all, I’m not in a suit.”
After wrapping up filming for the day, Grylls broke another protocol by presenting President Obama with the knife, saying that he should keep it “as a last line of defence if anybody ever got through the secret service.” This could be the beginning of a knife addiction for Obama because according to Grylls, “I had a great email a few days later from his team saying that he absolutely loves the knife and he keeps playing with it!”
Jeff Nelson
October 1, 2015 at 5:37 pm
Imagine if he gave him a spyderco or zt instead of one of those crappy Gerbers?!
Joshua Broussard
October 1, 2015 at 5:50 pm
Isn’t this the same guy who sent back a 9/11 Spyderco a few years ago, because he didn’t want ‘bribery’?
(Btw, it may have been a story, but I remember hearing it somewhere)
Nick Kovanda
October 1, 2015 at 6:04 pm
Above all else there is one more knife toting freak out there and that makes me happy
Dan Miller
October 1, 2015 at 6:28 pm
or a Benchmade? 😉
Jeff Nelson
October 1, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Anything made in America! Why give him cheap Chinese steel?
Dustin White
October 1, 2015 at 7:24 pm
I hate odumbo but love the knife in pic carry it always
Moe Sizlack
October 1, 2015 at 8:48 pm
That’s an ugly piece of crap blade!!!
Moe Sizlack
October 1, 2015 at 8:48 pm
Should work well with him.
Nic Sandifar
October 1, 2015 at 9:11 pm
Not saying the Gerber is a great knife, but that model is at least a USA made one. I got one as a good starter knife for the kids.
Dean Williams
October 1, 2015 at 11:11 pm
That is on ugly ass blade…
JT Johnson
October 1, 2015 at 11:25 pm
I wouldn’t expect anything less than a pos Butt Grills knife in his hand. Both will go down as a failure to humanity.
Shannon Page
October 2, 2015 at 1:02 am
I have a couple very nice gerber knives. None are BG.
Jacob Peterson
October 2, 2015 at 2:03 am
I hpe that obamas last line of defense is a Bear Grylls knife L O L
Max Miliano
October 2, 2015 at 9:07 am
Mmmmm Microtech
Jeff Toy
October 17, 2015 at 2:32 pm
Could’ve carried a Strider or Lionsteel. But no…