Now he teaches firearms courses through his business, Libertas Instruction, as a USCCA Certified Instructor. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. This does, I’m sure, save on manufacturing cost, weight, and size, but it does make me always pick a locking pocket folder for any real cutting versus using the knife blade on this multitool (I’ve cut myself way too many times with non-locking blades). There are Swiss Army knives (SAK) that come with small pliers, but pliers are only available on a few models with a large number of tools and layers. The Travel shares a few issues with the bladed model — questionable assembly, gritty action, and iffy materials.

The packaging looks to be fairly cheap, which checks out, considering the device inside is a budget-level pocket multitool.

Keep it close by on you keychain as you never know when it might come in handy with its copious amounts of useful tools.

Pliers are an obvious necessity for a Gerber, and these itty bitty pliers actually do have quite a bit of utility. So when you can't get past security without leaving your trusty multitool at home because of its blade, what can you do? So, if you find yourself in need of an airline-friendly multi-tool on your next adventure, check out the Leatherman Style PS and the Gerber Dime Travel. However even those have proved unacceptable for some security staff and the Dime Travel has also occasionally been confiscated. They probably did the initial production under close supervision, then moved it to Good Ol' China, with little to no supervision.The Vic hook is just as useless, only for a sak it doesn't take the main place and replace a major tool. The Style PS, on the other hand, is compact and rugged enough to throw in a pocket or pack while still passing muster with the TSA. Both companies build these around a set of pliers, with an assembly of files, drivers, and bottle openers.