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Help with Identification

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2024 1:46 am
by KaminskiJL
Hello,

I came to this forum hoping that sombody can identify this Gerber multitool. I can;t tell you anything about it except that it probably dates back to the early 2000's. Any help with identification will be greatly appreciated.

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2024 1:53 am
by Reverand
Can you please provide a picture of the entire multitool? The closeups are good with certain details. But seeing how it all fits together will help as well!

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 7:55 pm
by KaminskiJL
Hi,

Here are some additional pictures of the multitool. I hope they help.

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:02 pm
by philco
I know very little about Gerber Multi Tools but that one sure reminds me of the early multi tools that Leatherman sold.

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:33 am
by cody6268
philco wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:02 pm I know very little about Gerber Multi Tools but that one sure reminds me of the early multi tools that Leatherman sold.
In fact, that was the whole reason behind it. Gerber wanted to compete with Leatherman for a contract to replace the Demo knife for standard issue in the early '90s, and what they came up with, the "Military Provisional Tool" (or MPT for short) was, for all effective purposes, basically a copy. They won, and the rest is history. Later, the versions with sliding pliers were introduced, and eventually evolved into what we have today.

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:59 am
by KaminskiJL
So Cody, Is this a Gerber MPT?

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:28 pm
by 1967redrider
KaminskiJL wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:59 am So Cody, Is this a Gerber MPT?
Definitely a USA made Gerber. šŸ’Æ Is that what you're asking?

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:35 pm
by KaminskiJL
Cody,

Sorry for being forum "illiterate". I didn't understand the underlined 100 in your reply. Based on your earlier reply I was asking if you thought that the Gerber multitool was, in fact, a military issue Gerber Multipurpose Tool (MPT) from the early 1990's.

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:16 pm
by New_Windsor_NY
KaminskiJL wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 2:35 pm Cody.....
1967redrider has the šŸ’Æ, not cody6268.

Re: Help with Identification

Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2024 3:31 pm
by Mumbleypeg
I’m pretty sure that means he is 100% confident in his answer (that it was made in USA).

Ken