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Offline sawman

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Received my CrossCut today. Quick Review
« on: May 10, 2012, 06:57:46 PM »
The SOG CrossCut retails for around $20 and claims to include 10 tools.  I got one off Ebay for a reasonable price and just received it today.  Here's my initial thoughts:

Basically, except for the chisel ground knife blade, all implements at first glance seem useless.  The scissors and spring mechanism, however, are exceptional, so this tool has found a spot on my keychain.

Toothpick - I can't imagine myself walking out of a restaurant with this toothpick and CrossCut hanging out of my mouth.  It's not a sharp ended pick, so I don't think it would be successful in removing steak from my teeth.

Nail File - I honestly tried, but could not get this nail file to work on my fingernails.  Even if it did, the rectangular nail nick cut into it for opening purposes acts as a stopping divot to whatever you are attempting to file.  Perhaps this file would work on things other than fingernails, but then, it's awful short.

Tweezers - First of all, the ends of these do not meet up, making them competely useless.  I wonder if this imperfection is due to its being made in China  :shrug:

Flat Driver - I did not test this, but it looks like it should work Ok.

Small Driver and Bottle Opener - The small driver is too thick to fit into any small screw slots that I've come in contact with.  I can't imagine a use for it.  I did not test the bottle opener but will assume that it works.

Scissors - These work quite well on everything from Clam shell packaging, to plastic, to paper and even thick stock.  I very much like this functionality and therefore am willing to forgive the rest.


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Offline Lynn LeFey

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Re: Received my CrossCut today. Quick Review
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2012, 07:54:07 PM »
Wow... sorry to hear this.

A friend of mine recently got a new Crosscut, so I figured it'd match up with his, which I compared to my old one. On mine, and his, there's no problem with the tweezers. In fact, I find them best-in-the-industry. That yours don't match up is both saddening and seriously confusing to me.

Small driver... again, very confusing. Mine is perfect, and my friend's is perfect (for eyeglass size screws).

File... I love the file on mine. I loath the cast-sandpaper-whatever crap on the Micra and Vics. I have no problem with mine.


Man... Now I've got to wonder if the QC on the Crosscut's taken a nosedive.

This is a sad day indeed.

 

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