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Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?

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Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
on: July 09, 2010, 01:49:02 PM
I am having great difficulties trying to buy one off of eBAy. They aren't listed up here in Canada for some unknown reasons. I do see them in the US, but anyone who has one, won't sell to a Canadian. So my question is this...is the Ripstop a limited edition model, or is it just my bad luck that nobody is willing to sell me one? What gives?  :think:
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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #1 on: July 09, 2010, 09:50:06 PM
The Ripstop was one of the last so called "bikini" tools to be made.  It and the Evo (virtually identical tools) were released the year before Gerber decided they didn't want to continue that line, and I am sure they were not made in the same numbers that the others (Resolve, Suspension etc) were produced in because they weren't made for long.  That is most likely why they seem rare.

As for what's special about them, the answer is simple.  Nothing.

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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #2 on: July 09, 2010, 10:27:36 PM
Well, to a collector, that makes them special enough.  :D 
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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #3 on: July 09, 2010, 11:08:39 PM
Wasn't the suspension clones made for specific stores? Maybe that's why there aren't any in the north.

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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #4 on: July 09, 2010, 11:13:32 PM
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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #5 on: July 09, 2010, 11:19:37 PM
Quote from: Chako on July 09, 2010, 10:27:36 PM
Well, to a collector, that makes them special enough.  :D 

Yes, no, maybe and sideways.  While only produced for one year, they weren't exactly a limited production number.  There is bound to be some collector interest in a discontinued tool, but I'm sure it isn't rare enough to be of any significant collector interest.

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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #6 on: July 10, 2010, 12:02:07 AM
Be that as it may, it is the only one I am missing at the moment.

I do have one on line from a friend down south.  :salute:
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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #7 on: July 10, 2010, 12:08:17 AM
Quote from: Chako on July 10, 2010, 12:02:07 AM
Be that as it may, it is the only one I am missing at the moment.

I do have one on line from a friend down south.  :salute:

Let me know if that doesn't pan out.  I have one I don't care for, I'd let go for nothing.  Check it out here http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,16426.0.html
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Re: Gerber Ripstop Multi-tool...what makes it so special?
Reply #8 on: July 10, 2010, 12:18:23 AM
That is a generous offer. I am good I believe as the Gerber is already ordered. I can't believe I missed that review. Well written and thought out.  :salute:
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