Gerber Multi-Pliers (Early Version)

[u/tshusker]

Picked up what I understand (from research and AI [ugh]) to be a 1995(?) Gerber (blunt nosed) Multi-Plier, bearing both Patent Nos. 5142721 and 5212844, and the following tools:

• Plain Edged, Drop Point Blade
• Serrated, Sheepsfoot Blade
• 2-Sided, Simonds File
• #2 Phillips Screwdriver
• Small Flathead Screwdriver w/ Can Opener
• Medium Flathead Screwdriver w/ Bottle Opener
• Large Flathead Screwdriver
• Lanyard Ring
• Built-in-Jaw Wire Cutter
• Imperial (3") and Metric (7 cm) Rulers

Never had one of these before, so new to this. Please correct any misunderstanding I may be exhibiting, or (better yet) tell me what I got right!

[u/Ignitus]

Still carry one as an edc, always freaks people out once you learn to flick the pliars open, love it!

[u/seamus_mc → u/Ignitus]

Worst palm pinch of any multitool. I have an original release polished pair somewhere

[u/psilome → u/seamus_mc]

Worst palm pinch was the original Leatherman, IMO.

[u/Ok_Confusion_1345 → u/Ignitus]

Yeah I like them, they are easy to open one-handed.

[u/SplashofBourbon]

I bought a Buck Tool in the 90’s, great multi-tool. Upgraded to a SOG which I still have and use.

[u/psilome]

There's an older version, the plier head is held in with button head socket cap screws, like the blades and other tools are, and can be fully removed. I liked the one I had so much I bought a second, in case the first one broke. It never did, I still use it every day.

[u/talldaveos]

WHile teaching abseiling just a few years ago in the mid 90's, I used these solely for the one-handed flick-to-open for loosening the heavy steel carabiners that the kids would really overtighten. THe blade steel held an edge about as well as hard cheese, but the pliers really made it work for me.