A Gerber multitool is a compact

Multi-tool A multi-tool (or multitool) is a hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single unit. The smallest are credit-card or key sized units designed for carrying in a wallet or on a keyring, but others are designed to be carried i ...

made by

Gerber Legendary Blades Gerber Legendary Blades is an American maker of knives, multitools, and other tools for outdoors and military headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Gerber is owned by the Finnish outdoors products company Fiskars. Gerber was established in 1939 by ...

, part of the

Fiskars Corporation Fiskars Group (also known as Fiskars Oyj Abp or Fiskars Corporation, and until 1998 as Fiskars Oy Ab) is a Finnish group company. The company has its roots in the village of Fiskars (in the town of Raseborg, about west of Helsinki), where it was ...

. There are similarities and differences between the Gerber multitool and tools made by

Leatherman Leatherman is an American brand of multitools and knives made by Leatherman Tool Group of Portland, Oregon. The company was founded in July 1983 by Timothy S. Leatherman and Steve Berliner in order to market his idea of a capable, eas ...

. Some of the Gerber tools are accessed by opening the handles, but no longer unique to Gerber is a system in which the

plier Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They are also useful for bending and physically compressing a wide range of materials. Generally, pliers consist ...

s slide straight out from the end. The sliding Safe-T-Loc system (similar to the Blackie Collins "Bolt Action" lock) locks each tool securely in place. Different sizes of Gerber tool are available, with various combinations of components from the mundane (

screwdriver A screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, used for turning screws. A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the handle. This form of the screwdriver has been repla ...

s) to the esoteric (demolition detonator crimps), and from the key-chain sized, like the "Shortcut" to hefty, models like the "Diesel". The company is based in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, USA. It was acquired by

Fiskars Fiskars Group (also known as Fiskars Oyj Abp or Fiskars Corporation, and until 1998 as Fiskars Oy Ab) is a Finnish group company. The company has its roots in the village of Fiskars (in the town of Raseborg, about west of Helsinki), where it was ...

in 1986. Portland remains the headquarters of the Finnish company's outdoor recreation group.

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File:Gerber suspension blades.jpg , A Gerber "Suspension" multi-tool, with skeleton handle and locking blades. Blades are accessible with tool closed, and knife blades have a thumb stud for one handed opening. File:Gerber suspension pliers.jpg , A Gerber "Suspension" multi-tool, with pliers open. Pliers are spring-loaded, for easy use. File:Gerber Vise 1.JPG, Gerber Vise Keychain, 60mm when closed File:Gerber Vise 2.JPG, Gerber Vise, fully opened

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Official Gerber Legendary Blades website
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