Maybe it's the angle of the photo, but to me it looks like the Swisstool is open wider than the ST300?
I do not own one to check with, but the OHT might be closer to the gerber when it comes to handle seperation. (since they basically used Gerber's design concepts)
Excellent thread Al I'm in the same boat as you with the average hand size. I hadn't really paid it much attention for the most part until a few months ago. I don't use pliers a lot anyway, and most times, it's not for anything large enough to require a wider grip. It does seem LM is guilty of this quite a bit, with the OHT being the exception from what I've experienced. SOG is horrible with this. That was a big negative for me with the PPP I have. Even though I don't have big hands and don't normally have to grip anything that large, it still felt odd how the handles just continued to splay out with no stop.
Quote from: Monrogue on January 12, 2015, 08:02:37 PMExcellent thread Al I'm in the same boat as you with the average hand size. I hadn't really paid it much attention for the most part until a few months ago. I don't use pliers a lot anyway, and most times, it's not for anything large enough to require a wider grip. It does seem LM is guilty of this quite a bit, with the OHT being the exception from what I've experienced. SOG is horrible with this. That was a big negative for me with the PPP I have. Even though I don't have big hands and don't normally have to grip anything that large, it still felt odd how the handles just continued to splay out with no stop. Even though we all suspected it, I still think it's quite brave of you to talk so openly about it .