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Center-Drive Plus
The Center-Drive Plus is the Center-Drive with spring-loaded scissors added, tumble-finished tools and a Berry-compliant leather sheath. Weight and geometry are unchanged at 269 g, 119.4 mm closed and 167.6 mm open, and the main 420HC blade is 82.6 mm with a partially serrated edge. Gerber charges $179.99 against $154.99 for the base tool.
Specs verified 2026-08-26 · 1 source · 11 fields we could not verify, shown as —
Full specification
- 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
- —
- Manufacturer
- Gerber
- Product family
- Center-Drive
- Release year
- —
- Status
- In production
- Country of manufacture
- United States
- Tool count (manufacturer)
- —
- Cost per tool
- —
- Blade steel
- 420HC56-58 HRCThe workhorse stainless of the multitool world. It does not hold an edge for long, but it takes one back in seconds on almost anything.dulls quicklyvery rust-resistanteasy to sharpenYou will sharpen it more often than a premium steel, and you will find that easier than owning a premium steel that has gone blunt. Editorial guidance, not a measured specification.
- Blade length
- 82.6 mm
- Edge type
- combination
- Blade profile
- —
- Locking
- —
- One-hand opening
- Yes
- Outside accessible
- Yes
- Pliers type
- needlenose
- Wire cutters
- Yes
- Replaceable cutters
- —
- Hard-wire cutters
- —
- Crimper
- —
- Pocket clip
- —
- Lanyard attachment
- —
- Sheath included
- Yes
Tool inventory · 14 mapped
Spring-Loaded Needlenose Pliers with X-Channel Rail System · Rotatable Carbide Wire Cutters & Strippers · Full-Size 3.25" Partially Serrated Blade · Magnetic 3.2" Center-Axis Bit Driver · Pry Bar w/ Nail Puller & Bottle Opener · Serrated Blade · Awl, File · Magnetic Flathead and Phillips Bits · Spring-Loaded Scissors
Where this data comes from
15 source records back this page. 11 fields could not be verified against any of them and are shown as — above.
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| 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 in Gerber's feature list; 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 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 partially serrated blade. | Manufacturer product page | 2026-08-26 |
| Manufacturer tool count | gerbergear.com Gerber states no tool count for the Center-Drive Plus. 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. '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. | Manufacturer product page | 2026-08-26 |
| MSRP (USD) | gerbergear.com Regular price $179.99 as listed by Gerber. | Manufacturer product page | 2026-08-26 |
| Country of manufacture | gerbergear.com Feature list states 'USA Made' and a Berry-compliant leather sheath made in the USA. | Manufacturer product page | 2026-08-26 |
| Country of manufacture | gerbergear.com states USA Disagrees with the accepted value "United States". Page states: " * USA Made" | Manufacturer product page | 2026-08-26 |
| Pliers type | gerbergear.com Page states: " * Spring-Loaded Needlenose Pliers with X-Channel Rail System" | 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 |
| Sheath included | gerbergear.com Page states: " * Berry-compliant leather sheath made in USA" | Manufacturer product page | 2026-08-26 |
Not verified: Width, Thickness, Manufacturer tool count, Blade locking, Replaceable cutters, Hard-wire cutters, Crimper, Pocket clip, Lanyard attachment, MSRP (EUR), Release year. Each renders as — above. We would rather show a gap than a number nobody stands behind.
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