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Discontinued Multi-Plier MP700 Urban Legend
Discontinued. Gerber's compact Multi-Plier from 2001, with spring-loaded needlenose pliers, replaceable carbide wire cutter inserts and tools that open and lock without unfolding the handles. Gerber's 2003 product page gives 201 g and 95 mm closed; its 2002 page gave 187 g and 99 mm, and both figures are recorded here.
201 g
Weight
9
Tools
95 mm
Closed
—
Blade steel
—
Blade
—
MSRP
Specs verified 2026-10-04 · 4 sources · 11 fields we could not verify, shown as —
Full specification
Dimensions & weight
- Weight
- 201 g
- Weight (imperial)
- 7.1 oz
- Closed length
- 95 mm
- Closed length (imperial)
- 3.74 in
- Open length
- 133 mm
- Width
- —
- Thickness
- —
General
- Manufacturer
- Gerber
- Product family
- Multi-Plier
- Manufacturer item number
- 8251
- Release year
- 2001
- Status
- Discontinued
- Country of manufacture
- —
- Tool count (manufacturer)
- 9
- Cost per tool
- —
- Warranty
- Limited lifetime
Knife
- Blade steel
- —
- Blade length
- —
- Edge type
- plain
- Blade profile
- —
- Locking
- Yes
- One-hand opening
- Yes
- Outside accessible
- Yes
Pliers
- Pliers type
- needlenose
- Wire cutters
- Yes
- Replaceable cutters
- Yes
- Hard-wire cutters
- —
- Crimper
- —
Carry
- Pocket clip
- —
- Lanyard attachment
- Yes
- Sheath included
- Yes
Tool inventory · 9 mapped
Needlenose pliers Carbide wire cutters Plain-edge knife Scissors Phillips screwdriver Flathead screwdriver Lanyard ring Bottle opener Tweezers
Needlenose pliers with indexible, replaceable carbide cutters · fine edge knife · Fiskars® scissors · cross point screwdriver · small, medium and large flat blade screwdrivers · lanyard ring · bottle opener · tweezers
Regular pliers Serrated knife Bit driver Can opener Corkscrew Saw File Awl Ruler Toothpick
Where this data comes from
23 source records back this page. 11 fields could not be verified against any of them and are shown as — above.
Show the 23-row source table
| Production status | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Gerber's own page for product number 8251, archived 2003-08-12. The model is absent from Gerber's current multi-tool collection (gerbergear.com/collections/multi-tools, checked 2026-10-04). | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Manufacturer item number | Gerber Legendary Blades - Tools: Multi-Plier 700 Urban Legend® (gerberblades.com, archived 2002-02-04) Page states: "Multi-Plier 700 Series Urban Legend (#8251)" | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Release year | Gerber Legendary Blades - Tools: Multi-Plier 700 Urban Legend® (gerberblades.com, archived 2002-02-04) Page states: "Urban Legend® will be available in September, 2001." | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Weight | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "Weight: 7.1 oz.". Converted and rounded to the nearest gram. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Weight | Gerber Legendary Blades - Tools: Multi-Plier 700 Urban Legend® (gerberblades.com, archived 2002-02-04) states 187 Disagrees with the accepted value 201. Page states: "6.60 oz.". Gerber's 2002 page, written before the tool shipped ("Urban Legend® will be available in September, 2001"). The later 2003 page, and the 700 T3 page for the same tool, state the stored figure. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Closed length | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "Length Closed: 3.75''". Converted and rounded to the nearest millimetre. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Closed length | Gerber Legendary Blades - Tools: Multi-Plier 700 Urban Legend® (gerberblades.com, archived 2002-02-04) states 99 Disagrees with the accepted value 95. Page states: "Closed: 3.90"". Gerber's 2002 page, written before the tool shipped ("Urban Legend® will be available in September, 2001"). The later 2003 page, and the 700 T3 page for the same tool, state the stored figure. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Open length | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "Overall Length: 5.25''". Converted and rounded to the nearest millimetre. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Open length | Gerber Legendary Blades - Tools: Multi-Plier 700 Urban Legend® (gerberblades.com, archived 2002-02-04) states 150 Disagrees with the accepted value 133. Page states: "Open: 5.90"". Gerber's 2002 page, written before the tool shipped ("Urban Legend® will be available in September, 2001"). The later 2003 page, and the 700 T3 page for the same tool, state the stored figure. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Manufacturer tool count | Gerber Urban Legend Multi-Plier product page (gerbergear.com, archived 2006-03-06) Page states: "There are a total of nine stainless steel tools on the Urban Legend." | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Manufacturer tool count | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 T3 (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-12-06) states 11 Disagrees with the accepted value 9. Page states: "The T-3 Multi-Plier 700 features chrome-plated handles, "high dome" T3 and Gerber logos and 11 tools." The T3 is the limited film edition of this tool; its component list and specifications are identical to #8251. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Tool list | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Mapped from the "Components" list on Gerber's product page; manufacturer wording and order are preserved. | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Tool list | Gerber Urban Legend Multi-Plier product page (gerbergear.com, archived 2006-03-06) The later component list repeats the 2003 one without the lanyard ring: "Needlenose pliers with indexible, replaceable carbide cutters, fine edge knife, Fiskars® scissors, cross point screwdriver, small, medium and large flat blade screwdrivers, bottle opener and tweezers." | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Edge type | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Components list a "fine edge knife". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Blade locking | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "Tools lock for safety" and "solidly locking into place once rotated out for use". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| One-hand opening | Gerber Legendary Blades - Tools: Multi-Plier 700 Urban Legend® (gerberblades.com, archived 2002-02-04) Page states: "The large knife blade can be opened with one hand." | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Outside-accessible blade | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "All components can be used without opening the tool". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Pliers type | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Components list "Needlenose pliers". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Wire cutters | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Components list "replaceable carbide cutters". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Replaceable cutters | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "Carbide cutters, indexable and replaceable". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Sheath included | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Technical specs state "Sheath: Ballistic nylon". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Lanyard attachment | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Components list a "lanyard ring". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
| Warranty | Gerber - Multi-Plier® 700 Urban Legend (gerberblades.com, archived 2003-08-12) Page states: "Warranty: Limited lifetime". | Manufacturer page | 2026-10-04 |
Not verified: Country of manufacture, Width, Thickness, Blade steel, Blade length, Blade profile, Hard-wire cutters, Crimper, Pocket clip, MSRP (USD), MSRP (EUR). Each renders as — above. We would rather show a gap than a number nobody stands behind.
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