Talked a friend into getting a Crosscut

[Lynn LeFey]

Any feedback on your Crosscut yet? Is it working for you?

I tried the OHO on my friend's new Crosscut and had little difficulty doing it. It would have been pretty easy if there was a lanyard on it, I think.

[radiotecha1234]

Yes, I like it. I attached it to my truck keys. I may mod it for the OHO later but for now I like it just the way it is.

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[sawman]

I'd like to thank you Lynn for reminding me of this multitool!  It looks very useful and I just ordered one and look forward to adding it to my keychain 

[Lynn LeFey]

Wohooo!!!!! Another convert!!

I think if I get one more, they give me a toaster!

I'm particularly interested if you also own a Micra, and get a chance to compare the two head-to-head.

I think it might be getting near to the time when I need to retire my old one and get a new one myself.

[sawman]

I own Micras and can tell you they're very nice.  I somehow expect the scissors to be better on the CrossCut however.  I owned a CrossGrip before and liked its spring mechanism a lot.

[Lynn LeFey]

I misplaced the Crosscut a few years ago, and replaced it with a Micra. I thought most every function was either identical or better on the Crosscut. When I found the Crosscut again, I gave the Micra away, I was so frustrated with it. But I don't think that was fair, because the Micra IS a good tool. I got one recently in a trade, and gave it to my husband. The only advantage the Micra has is a phillips driver, and I don't consider that a huge loss with the Crosscut.

I think you'll like the scissors better. I think they're the best MT scissor out there right now (or at least the best I've encountered), particularly for heavy tasks, and the day-to-day task of cutting paper.

I'm looking forward when you have both in hand to a good comparison. I tend to think the Crosscut gets ignored, and I'm not sure why. Among folks that only go to chain stores, where they may only carry Micras, I get that. But on boards dedicated to MTs, I sort of figured folks would have overall figured out the Crosscut is better than the Micra (Either that, or I have a big bias blindness).

[Lynn LeFey]

After Sawman's experience with the new Crosscut...
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,37438.0.html

I was a bit nervous that my old pair have had three fails to cut in the last couple months (due to a gap between the blades which has developed). But I've decided to go ahead and give the new Crosscut 2.0 a shot. I've had mine for 15 years, and any degradation in performance is likely from my using them hard, not a knock on the tool. I'm not going to send the old one in on warranty.  SOG is getting my $13.

I always thought people having 'sentimental value' with tools was silly, but now I'm all  thinking about retiring 'old faithful'. Weird.

[sawman]

Please let me know how the tweezers work on your new one 

[Lynn LeFey]

Will do. Your experience makes me feel like I'm shooting craps. Up until that, I'd only ever heard good things about the QC on the Crosscut.

In the event they do suck, I can take apart my old one and harvest the tweezers from it, which are still in perfect working condition.

[Lynn LeFey]

Hmmm.... Well.... a bit of a disappointment with the Crosscut 2.0

Let's start with the good. The scissors are as good as ever. And as that's the main thing I carry the tool for, the rest are minor issues. Tool retention is much better on the current version. Included in the retention improvement department is the scissor closure retention, meaning the tool stays closed. Something safer for pocket carry, although not an issue I deal with.

However...

1) The tweezers only met up at one corner. This took about 3 minutes with a pair of pliers to correct, to ensure the heads met up along the entire length of the tweezer, by torquing one of the arms so that both ran in perfect parallel.
2) The eyeglass screwdriver was too big. It took some sandpaper work to make it fit correctly.
3) The blade is dull out-of-package. Not even sharp enough to cut paper, and I've never sharpened a chisel-grind blade, so.... Wheee!

These are all fit-and-finish issues that I can correct, but it means the 2.0 is not the same quality tool as my original. I have never needed to sharpen the blade on my original, and after 15 years of box-opening, it's still sharper than the new one.

So... bummer. Still a good tool, and I can bring it back to being a great tool with a little effort, but a let-down from my expectations, nontheless.

[sawman]

This is why I usually buy Victorinox...

[Lynn LeFey]

Yeah, but nothing matches the scissors. About 90% of what I have the tool for is the scissors, and they're still excellent. I did a few passes of the blade on a sharpener, and it'll cut paper now, so I'm glad for that. The tweezers are fixed and the eyeglass screwdriver is fixed. Mostly, it's just annoying.

[50ft-trad]

Hey Lynn, would you say it's NOW up to the standard of the original, or does it still feel inferior in any way?

[Lynn LeFey]

The tweezers are not as good as the original. The edges meet up (now), but on the original, the edges are insanely precise. With tweezers, that's important. I had a pair of eyebrow tweezers that cost maybe $10 years ago that were the only thing that matched my old Crosscut. The current pair are on par (now) with my husband's Micra or Victorinox tweezers; functional, not perfect.

Otherwise... for as often as I use each of the tools, I think it's functionally the same.

As I said, there are also some design improvements, primarily in tool retention. Since it's a super light-duty tool, that's not all that important, but nice nonetheless.

Another change that MAY be an improvement is that the body has higher polish. Now, my original has no rust on it after 15 years, so it might not matter to me, but I have kept this thing in a plastic sheath in my purse, so someone who exposes theirs to more moisture may find better rust resistance with the higher polish. I'm not sure.

[50ft-trad]

Cheers Lynn