VINTAGE GERBER KNIFE IDENTIFICATION DRIVER
VINTAGE GERBER KNIFE IDENTIFICATION SERIES

But things took a turn for the worse when a slightly odd looking and very shiny Gerber in amongst all the wonderful tools in his great display caught my eye. Things started off reasonably innocently, I was just admiring ThadMiller's 'My little shop of tools' thread ( ), thinking it looked very nice. Most of the info I got was from Bob/J-sews posts, I found them a bit tricky to find so I thought I would do this post & list the links below. I love this odd tool, I am not sure how something made in 1992 can feel/look 'Art Deco' like, but I reckon this odd bod Gerber does. Here it is, wrong side & no were near the handle cut out

VINTAGE GERBER KNIFE IDENTIFICATION DRIVER

At a width of 4.7mm/0.18inch, that is the equivalent to the space the cap lifter/screw driver & awl takes up in a Victorinox Spirit. To be fair too Gerber I suspect this 'tool' is more of a spacer than a tool. Possibly the worlds most over engineered lanyard attachment clip, second from the left. I suspect Gerbers parent company Fiskars wanted to stamp its own identity onto the MT's scissors.Scissors being one of Fiskars bread & butter products. The scissors are most un-Gerber like & look like a Victorinox style but feel a bit weak & flimsy.This style scissor only lasted the one model range & was dropped on version 2. To be fair the looser modern plier lock method enables one handed flick opening.The button locks were phased out after the 4th version. One of the nice things about these early Gerber's plier locks is they do not have the Gerber rattle, the catch being I think it would be tough too do the one handed flick opening with one of these early MT's as the fasteners hold the pliers fairly tight when compared too the loose rattly modern Gerbers.ДЄny guesses which is the cheaper option. The plier locks are 4 button top fasteners threaded into the actual pliers + a recess for the spring button.

VINTAGE GERBER KNIFE IDENTIFICATION SERIES

New vs old, comparing the FPR to the MP series sliding locks. Wire cutters are standard (no hard wire cutting facility). Points of interest the plier pivot bushing, which only lasted for the first 2 versions & was done away with come version 3. Serrated blade, small flat screw driver, Phillips head screw driver & the really interesting thing, the 'different' scissors. Plain blade(non locking like all the inner tools), medium flat screwdriver, can opener & the world's largest/thickest lanyard clip(more on that latter) I wish more manufactures did this I reckon it is VERY cool. I own a Bear MT with 'First Production Run' etched onto it's blade. The MT is HIGHLY polished & is a most pleasant thing too hold, it has 'First Production Run' etched onto one handle. I paid $50aus/us for the tool which at the time I thought might of been a bit steep but with the tool in hand I am more than happy. My sister in-law pulled my name out of the hat & me being the helpful soul that I am I grabbed this MT too help her out. I got this very cool early model (made around 1992) Gerber MT for Christmas, I will refer to it as FPR(First Production Run).

Vintage gerber knife identification