Center-Drive

Name: Gerber Center-Drive
Brand: Gerber
Price: 154.99 USD
Availability: InStock

The Center-Drive puts its bit driver on the centre axis of the handle, so the driver lines up with the screw the way a standalone screwdriver does. The outboard 420HC blade is 82.6 mm and the pliers open with a sliding one-thumb action. It weighs 269 g and closes to 119.4 mm, which is heavy and long for the class.

269 g

Weight

—

Tools

119.4 mm

Closed

420HC

Blade steel

82.6 mm

Blade

$154.99

MSRP

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Specs verified 2026-09-01 · 1 source · 9 fields we could not verify, shown as —

Full specification

Dimensions & weight

Weight: 269 g
Weight (imperial): 9.5 oz
Closed length: 119.4 mm
Closed length (imperial): 4.70 in
Open length: 167.6 mm
Width: —
Thickness: —

General

Manufacturer: Gerber
Product family: Center-Drive
Release year: —
Status: In production
Country of manufacture: United States
Tool count (manufacturer): —
Cost per tool: —

Knife

Blade steel
Blade length: 82.6 mm
Edge type: plain
Blade profile: —
Locking: Yes
One-hand opening: Yes
Outside accessible: Yes

Pliers

Pliers type: needlenose
Wire cutters: Yes
Replaceable cutters: —
Hard-wire cutters: —
Crimper: —

Carry

Pocket clip: —
Lanyard attachment: Yes
Sheath included: Yes

Tool inventory · 15 mapped

Needlenose pliers Carbide wire cutters Wire stripper Plain-edge knife Serrated knife Bit driver Flathead screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Pry bar Nail puller Bottle opener Awl File Combination-edge knife Scissors

As Gerber lists them

Spring-loaded needlenose pliers w/ X-Channel rail system · Rotatable carbide wire cutters & strippers · Full-size 3.25" 420HC plain edge blade · Magnetic 3.2" Center-Axis bit driver · Pry bar w/ nail puller & bottle opener · Serrated blade · Awl, file · Magnetic flathead and phillips bits · Lanyard hole

Not on this tool

Regular pliers Can opener Corkscrew Saw Ruler Tweezers Toothpick

Where this data comes from

21 source records back this page. 9 fields could not be verified against any of them and are shown as — above.

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Field	Source	Type	Checked
Weight	gerbergear.com Converted from 9.5 oz stated by Gerber.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Closed length	gerbergear.com Converted from the 4.7 in closed length stated by Gerber; the specification table lists the same 4.7 in as Overall Length.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Open length	gerbergear.com Converted from the 6.6 in open length stated in Gerber's feature list.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Blade steel	gerbergear.com Specification table states Steel Type 420HC.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Blade length	gerbergear.com Converted from 3.25 in stated by Gerber.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Edge type	gerbergear.com Feature list states a full-size 3.25 in 420HC plain edge blade. The same list separately names a 'Serrated blade', which is a second blade on the tool, not the main blade's edge.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Edge type	gerbergear.com states Partially serrated blade Gerber's illustrated tool callouts on this page use the Center-Drive Plus line art and label the main blade 'Partially serrated blade'.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Manufacturer tool count	gerbergear.com Gerber's current product page does not state a tool count for the Center-Drive. Left null rather than inferred from the feature list.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Tool list	gerbergear.com Mapped from Gerber's feature list on this page. 'Rotatable carbide wire cutters & strippers' maps to carbide-wire-cutters plus wire-stripper, and 'Pry bar w/ nail puller & bottle opener' to pry-bar, nail-puller and bottle-opener. Gerber's feature list does not mention bit storage, so no bit-storage id is recorded. The illustrated callouts lower on the page use Center-Drive Plus artwork and were not used.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Tool list	gerbergear.com	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
MSRP (USD)	gerbergear.com Regular price $154.99 as listed by Gerber.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Country of manufacture	gerbergear.com Feature list states 'Made in USA - sheath made in China'.	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Country of manufacture	gerbergear.com states USA Disagrees with the accepted value "United States". Page states: " * Made in USA - sheath made in China"	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Blade locking	gerbergear.com Page states: " 16. #### Tool lock"	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
One-hand opening	gerbergear.com Page states: " * One-thumb opening system"	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Wire cutters	gerbergear.com Page states: " * Rotatable carbide wire cutters & strippers"	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Lanyard attachment	gerbergear.com Page states: " * Lanyard hole"	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Sheath included	gerbergear.com Page states: " * Fabric sheath included"	Manufacturer product page	2026-08-26
Production status	gerbergear.com Gerber lists the Center-Drive in its current product catalogue.	Manufacturer product page	2026-09-01
Outside-accessible blade	gerbergear.com Gerber describes the center-axis driver, knife and file as outboard tools.	Manufacturer product page	2026-09-01
Pliers type	gerbergear.com Official tool list identifies spring-loaded needlenose pliers.	Manufacturer product page	2026-09-01

Not verified: Width, Thickness, Manufacturer tool count, Replaceable cutters, Hard-wire cutters, Crimper, Pocket clip, MSRP (EUR), Release year. Each renders as — above. We would rather show a gap than a number nobody stands behind.

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