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MP400
on: June 28, 2016, 02:35:52 AM
Our kind Demel was gracious enough to post me an MP400 out of the goodness of his heart :cheers: Thanks once again Sir :salute:

I have had it since Friday evening and have had it in my pocket or in a sheath since that time :D

I have a few thoughts on it now so I figured I should share ;)

Few pics to get going :tu:





I have used the wire cutters the most so far and they have done there job well :tu:



I am liking this tool much better the the MP600 I have possibly due to it's smaller size :D I think this one may flick open and closed better as well ;) I liked flicking the MP600 open and closed but it isn't nearly as easy as this one is :cheers: I have used the scissors the most next and they have cut everything I have tried to cut with them so it is a pass on them :cheers:



All the tools seem to be very good quality to me as well :tu: I am not crazy about the knife blade being a combo blade but it has a very good edge and the metal seems to be very good in it to me as well. I have not had trouble cutting anything with it either ;)  I have also carried the LM bit adapter with the MP400 as well because the Phillips on it fits the adapter rather well :cheers: I am liking this little fella quite a bit :D Here is a comparison to my Supertool 200 and the MP400 just to give a little relation to some of you about its size :D



All in all the MP400 seems like a solidly built tool and I am glad to have been able to get this one so I could try it out :cheers: I may not be totally converted to Gerber but this one will definitely see some pocket time :D


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Re: MP400
Reply #1 on: June 28, 2016, 02:55:26 AM
Nice! :tu: The MP400 is a great tool. One was my first Gerber. Glad to see you like it!
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Re: MP400
Reply #2 on: June 28, 2016, 03:04:07 AM
The MP400 is a beast - great little tool
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Re: MP400
Reply #3 on: June 28, 2016, 03:06:17 AM
I am very pleased with it and have taken a way better liking to it vs. the MP600 for some reason :think: It is compact enough to pocket carry and not be to bulky and except for a file has most all the tools I like to have with me :cheers:


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Re: MP400
Reply #4 on: June 28, 2016, 04:44:56 AM
I am very pleased with it and have taken a way better liking to it vs. the MP600 for some reason :think: It is compact enough to pocket carry and not be to bulky and except for a file has most all the tools I like to have with me :cheers:

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Re: MP400
Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 04:47:14 AM
I am very pleased with it and have taken a way better liking to it vs. the MP600 for some reason :think: It is compact enough to pocket carry and not be to bulky and except for a file has most all the tools I like to have with me :cheers:

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Re: MP400
Reply #6 on: June 28, 2016, 04:48:37 AM
I think I will let it be for now and see what all it has to offer as is :cheers:


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Re: MP400
Reply #7 on: June 28, 2016, 04:48:59 AM
Modding isn't out of the question though :D


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Re: MP400
Reply #8 on: June 28, 2016, 05:20:38 AM
It's an easy mod to do..... :pok:
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Re: MP400
Reply #9 on: June 28, 2016, 05:48:01 AM
It's an easy mod to do..... :pok:
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Re: MP400
Reply #10 on: June 28, 2016, 02:04:42 PM
Congrats Poncho and hats off to Demel for being so generous   :cheers:


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Re: MP400
Reply #11 on: June 28, 2016, 04:25:44 PM
It's an easy mod to do..... :pok:
Indeed it is :poke:

As for now I am good with what is on it for a weekend carry :angel:


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Re: MP400
Reply #12 on: June 28, 2016, 04:26:36 PM
Congrats Poncho and hats off to Demel for being so generous   :cheers:

Twas very kind of him :hatsoff:


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Re: MP400
Reply #13 on: June 28, 2016, 06:20:50 PM
Here is mine, done good service for 5 years -and still going-
It has a dent on the wire cutter though  :facepalm: it didn't like an [hardened] steel wire  :whistle:
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Re: MP400
Reply #14 on: June 28, 2016, 06:27:00 PM
Nice on the MP400.  I'll be pairing mine with a Swiss Champ - no need to add a file.  What other ideas are out there for a swap on these?


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Re: MP400
Reply #15 on: June 28, 2016, 06:34:34 PM
What i like about it is the excellent ratio toughness/size-weight

The Blade isn't the best tool of it, but the the combo edge is really welcome: it helps cutting things although the edge isn't razor sharp (but i would be happy to swap that blade with the saw blade the MP600bladeless has)
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Re: MP400
Reply #16 on: June 28, 2016, 06:35:49 PM
Here is mine, done good service for 5 years -and still going-
It has a dent on the wire cutter though  :facepalm: it didn't like an [hardened] steel wire  :whistle:

I have dented a few different wire cutters myself :facepalm: so don't feel to bad :D


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Re: MP400
Reply #17 on: June 28, 2016, 06:38:44 PM
Nice on the MP400.  I'll be pairing mine with a Swiss Champ - no need to add a file.  What other ideas are out there for a swap on these?

I think that will be the route I go as well :cheers: a capable SAK is  always a good companion :tu: I don't know about other tools for Gerber tool swaps though :-\


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Re: MP400
Reply #18 on: June 28, 2016, 06:42:43 PM
What i like about it is the excellent ratio toughness/size-weight

The Blade isn't the best tool of it, but the the combo edge is really welcome: it helps cutting things although the edge isn't razor sharp (but i would be happy to swap that blade with the saw blade the MP600bladeless has)

Mine wasn't razor sharp but it was very sharp and only tool a couple passes on a diamond stone to make it shaving sharp though :o I have never been a fan of the combo blade but it functions as it should so not complaints :D it is a very tough seeming tool though and I like the size of it as well :cheers:


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Re: MP400
Reply #19 on: June 28, 2016, 06:43:41 PM
Here is mine, done good service for 5 years -and still going-
It has a dent on the wire cutter though  :facepalm: it didn't like an [hardened] steel wire  :whistle:

Oh BTW love the BO one you have :drool:


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Re: MP400
Reply #20 on: June 28, 2016, 08:11:00 PM
Looking good. It is definitely more compact than the specs show. Let the flicky conversion begin :viking:
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Re: MP400
Reply #21 on: June 28, 2016, 09:11:25 PM
Looking good. It is definitely more compact than the specs show. Let the flicky conversion begin :viking:

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Re: MP400
Reply #22 on: July 01, 2016, 12:11:31 PM
I carried this beauty a little more this week bit now I will have to hold off til after July because of the SuperTool Challenge :-\ It won't be lonely sitting in comfort in one of my drawers with the rest of my MTs til August :D

Still have no complaints really about this tool though :cheers:


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Re: MP400
Reply #23 on: July 11, 2016, 03:00:35 AM
Some size comparison pics I have taken of my 400 and 600 side by side :tu:








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Re: MP400
Reply #24 on: July 11, 2016, 03:01:24 AM
Will definitely be carrying the 400 after the Supertool challenge is over :cheers:


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Re: MP400
Reply #25 on: July 13, 2016, 08:18:45 PM
     I think the mp400 is my favorite gerber.  I have several of them two are the mp450 and two are the regular mp400.  I put a plain edge in my oldest model but have been thinking about put both a file and scissors and doing away with the blade since I have a knife I EDC. 


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Re: MP400
Reply #26 on: July 14, 2016, 06:17:24 PM
My modified MP400 is definitely my "go to" Gerber.  Though I have to admit that I carry an original Multiplier in my shooting bag, so that's the one I actually carry most often.
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Re: MP400
Reply #27 on: July 14, 2016, 08:03:00 PM
My modified MP400 is definitely my "go to" Gerber.  Though I have to admit that I carry an original Multiplier in my shooting bag, so that's the one I actually carry most often.

What way have you "modified" it ??? :D


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Re: MP400
Reply #28 on: July 14, 2016, 10:39:45 PM
My modified MP400 is definitely my "go to" Gerber.  Though I have to admit that I carry an original Multiplier in my shooting bag, so that's the one I actually carry most often.

What way have you "modified" it ??? :D

Blade and can opener gone, awl and file added. 8)

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Re: MP400
Reply #29 on: July 15, 2016, 02:19:15 AM
Carrying a SAK anyway :cheers: so that definitely makes sense Gareth :tu:


 

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