Gerber's attempt at a SAK ???

[MultiMat]

I got these 2 pocket knives on Ebay. They were listed as 'Gerbers' & I have seen similar pocket knives listed for sale also listed as Gerbers. The only branding on these little pocket knives is 'Fiskars' on the scissors. I believe Fiskars owns Gerber  .


They are small, next to my Victorinox Pioneer.


Some blade  .


Beefy drives  . The phillps , straight edge drivers & blade are deployed by sliding them out of the tool via the small black grip. Reminds me a little of the Case Fixxit tools system 


More decorative than functional 


Unlike a conventional pocket knife , were the knife dominates the tool , the scissors are the main implement on this tool.

 
They even have slide out tweezers  . The top knife shows the tweezers partially removed.The Gerber/Fiskars tweezers are smaller than Victorinox tweezers as seen in the photo.


The 'tortoise shell' pattern seems to be wearing off both knives.


The problem with these pocket knives is not so much the quality  , it is more the impression that they seem almost fragile as seen by the broken bit of this ones scales.Not a good trait in a tool or pocket knife. Unusual & interesting but defiantly not a SAK better   

[Zed]

still a interesting pocket knife,shame about the scales as they do look flimsy,does the scissors fold out or push forward like the other tools ?

paul

[MultiMat]

Paul the scissors fold out of the tool were you would normally expect the knife too fold out from, if you get my meaning 

[Gadget Guy]

Fiskars does indeed own Gerber.    I had one of those and they were ok for the $$$.

[Zed]

Paul the scissors fold out of the tool were you would normally expect the knife too fold out from, if you get my meaning 

no    yeah i get you  mat  are these from the 90's ? ive never seen one before, i guess pretty rare here in the uk,

paul

[MultiMat]

John do you remember when you got your one 
I do not know how old they are unfortunately.

[Nikos]

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Eeek! OTF blade!

[Benner]

Is it wrong for me to say that I actually quite like that? 

[DaveK]

Is it wrong for me to say that I actually quite like that? 

Nope - I do too!

I bet the scissors are good though Mat? They look very similar to the Multilite scissors.

[MultiMat]

Dave you are right the scissors look very similar too what Gerber uses in its MTs & they seem ok. The rest of the tools are contained within the scales & they feel very light duty.

[J-sews]

Great pics as usual Mat Does anyone know the name of these little boogers?

[stressmaster5000]

Great pics as usual Mat Does anyone know the name of these little boogers?

Gerber "Keystyle" is the name. Do a Google and you will find several web pages for them.

heres one--------http://www.gunaccessories.com/Gerber/Keystyletool.asp

[Neil]

I got one from Tim not long ago just to have a play with the deployment mechanisms.  Funny beat it is

[nuphoria]

I like the look of them too, quality issues aside.

Those scissors look like they have been on steroids compared to the rest of it 

Sans the fiddly little blade, it would actually make a nice pair up with a dedicated knife.

[stressmaster5000]

I like the look of them too, quality issues aside.

Those scissors look like they have been on steroids compared to the rest of it 

Sans the fiddly little blade, it would actually make a nice pair up with a dedicated knife.

Well, the scissors are a Fiskars design so they must be good. I have a couple pairs of these and the scissors are great but I find the rest of the tools lacking and since the covering flakes off so bad it does not seem a good EDC for me.

[MultiMat]

Great pics as usual Mat Does anyone know the name of these little boogers?

Gerber "Keystyle" is the name. Do a Google and you will find several web pages for them.

heres one--------http://www.gunaccessories.com/Gerber/Keystyletool.asp

Thanks for the links mate  . The black ones look cool & the PEARLESCENT look positively exotic  .
Stressman any idea when Gerber made these , I am presuming they are no longer made   

[Mike 208]

I have one of these; I stopped carrying it when the tools would slide open while inside my pocket.  Fortunately, the blade didn't open, but the screwdriver did.  I figured it wouldn't take too much to open the blade, so I removed it from my keychain and replaced with a Vic.  I had the wood finish version, and it does look nice when new, but it does eventually flake off.  IMO, a nice design poorly executed.

[stressmaster5000]

Just in case someone is wondering, I have several used ones of these and it seems that the black finish stays on the best while the wood grain is the worst.......

[Magnus]

for some reason these seem oddly familiar.... hmm... 

[J-sews]

Great pics as usual Mat Does anyone know the name of these little boogers?

Gerber "Keystyle" is the name. Do a Google and you will find several web pages for them.

heres one--------http://www.gunaccessories.com/Gerber/Keystyletool.asp

Okay thanks for that!  

And like Mat was wondering, any idea when they were made?

[stressmaster5000]

Great pics as usual Mat Does anyone know the name of these little boogers?

Gerber "Keystyle" is the name. Do a Google and you will find several web pages for them.

heres one--------http://www.gunaccessories.com/Gerber/Keystyletool.asp

Okay thanks for that!  

And like Mat was wondering, any idea when they were made?

Sorry but I can not help with that. I have seen them for a couple years though and figured it was about when the Fiskars/Gerber merger thing happened right?

[MultiMat]

I have one of these; I stopped carrying it when the tools would slide open while inside my pocket.  Fortunately, the blade didn't open, but the screwdriver did.  I figured it wouldn't take too much to open the blade, so I removed it from my keychain and replaced with a Vic.  I had the wood finish version, and it does look nice when new, but it does eventually flake off.  IMO, a nice design poorly executed.

I was using the screwdriver & it kept retracting on me  . I have fat fingers & screwing ( screwing means shagging in OZ ) with the Keystyle  is tricky for me too hold the slide button & apply pressure(can be done though).


"NICE DESIGN POORLY EXECUTED" could easily have replaced "Fend for yourself" as a corporate catch phrase for Gerber in the past (hopefully things are on the up for Gerber now)

[yud]

those look intresting

[Inzelique]

I had one of these (the green marbled one) and carried it for a while.  It was pretty useles over all.  The scales fell off and nothing held the blade and screwdrivers in place after they did.  Threw mine away and bought a new SAK classic.

[Mercury]

I don't know what to say.  They look a little cheap to me.  Are the drivers inside the frame?  It looks as if they are only supported by the scales and those look like any centrifical force IE turning a screw would break them.

EDIT:  I just reread the post above.  Read the WHOLE thread before posting, got it.   

[ryan1835]

neils got one of these for sale on EDCS if any one here's looking for one 

[Neil]

Nice thread resurrection Ryan



Indeed I do.

[Viper]

Hmmm... I may be interested in this...

[badwolf]

Nice thread resurrection Ryan

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Indeed I do.

Well its just been re-resurrected Nice to find this as I'm after one of these as posted a little while ago here http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,32144.0.html it was the first on the list. I really like these oddities that pop up, so if anyone has one for sale, ideally in this style/colour please PM Will repost in tools needed too, hope that's okay and thanks.

ps. ebay US has a blue one at the mo http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gerber-Keystyle-Multitool-Keychain-Rare-New-Box-/270847396384?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item3f0fc34a20#ht_500wt_1076

[scrappy]

I think they are about 15 years old. I got one in 96 or so