You mean just having the pliers part hidden until deployed? If that's the case, the Gerber does just fine in that regard. The tip of the pliers only comes out about 3mm from the end of the handle. One advantage that definitely goes to the Leatherman over the Gerber is the ability to deploy the tools without having to deploy the pliers. With the Gerber, you have to push the pliers out first, whereas you can simply rotate out the tools with the Leatherman. Of course, in my experience, it's the pliers that get used more often than the other tools on the multi so that's not that big of a concern to me.

 

more like redneck toys. :fawk:

 

gerber >>>>> leatherman.


and the gerbers are just so fun to whip out.

 

Different models are better or worse... i've owned both. I like both

 

im a huge fan of the leatherman wave

it allows the blades to be opened like a normal folding knife
also when unfolded and used as pliers the handle is rounded off nicely and not sharp like the regular leatherman

 

I <3 my gerber.... but i agree with the annoyance of having to pull the pliers out to open any other tool from it :hs: minor details...

 

i need a new pocket knife... but need a better reason to get an emerson wave before buying

 

There's no better reason to get an Emerson wave than the fact that it's an Emerson Wave.

The fact that I got it for a little over half retail and that it was the first lefty model I'd seen outside of their site ever was my reason.

 

where'd you buy from?

 

I got it from a guy on ar15.com. I think he had a few more for sale. I'll post the link in a bit.