Gerber
Mid-priced pocket knives, fixed blades and multi-tools sold at outdoor and big-box retailers on a Portland story.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1939
- Website
- gerbergear.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA,Various
- Ownership type
- Conglomerate subsidiary
- Parent
- Fiskars Group
- Acquired
- 1987
- Status since
- 2026-10-30
Ownership
Part of Fiskars, a listed Finnish consumer-goods group, since the 1980s.
Why Watchlist
Gerber says it continues to engineer and manufacture tools in Portland, Oregon. The same page says "many", not all, of its knives and multi-tools are made there, and the site separates out a USA-made collection.
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