Guys,
Here is a photo of the presentation that Pete Gerber gave me. The knife is the FIRST Bolt Action Hunter off the production line.
In another presentation, he gave me the first blade stamping off the production line.
By the way, I was killing elk pretty seriously when all of this happened, so I carefully removed the #1 knife, went hunting with it (very carefully), killed a few elk and butchered them all with the knife. When I returned, I carefully cleaned the knife and restored its edge (we were a Gerber dealer and have the professional tooling) and put it away safely in the presentation frame.
Yup, the Number One knife went hunting and it got freakin' bloody. Did a great job, too.
Steve
PS. The plaque is dated August 1984 and all of the First Production Run knives (10,000, I believe) are marked August 1984. The first production knives hae a steel tube in the lanyard hole.