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Leatherman Tools / Re: Why not? Vice Grips.
« Last post by the-accumulator on Today at 03:52:28 PM »Nice, versatile combination, 👍You don't own a Leatherman Crunch?! Why would you even bother getting up in the morning! I own at least one crunch and rarely use it. If I'm called upon to visit a friend perhaps for dinner and have been informed I might have to fix something while I'm visiting, I might grab the crunch along with my everyday carry surge so I'll have two tools to get whatever job faces me when I get there. Otherwise, my crunch lives in a drawer. If I were you, I would keep my eyes open for a reasonably priced used one. They have a great fidget factor! T-A
The CRUNCH has its faithful!
I have only encountered ONE in the wild. At a fast food establishment, a gentleman was sitting at the table next to me , facing me and his wife to my right. I noticed his Leatherman sheath on his belt when he got his wife a coffee refill. It was smaller than my ST300 sheath on my right side yet larger than my REBAR sheath in the truck.
After he returned I HAD to ask about his tool. HE SMILED, a wide smile, his wife gave me a side eye! He said it was a CRUNCH and removed it from the sheath. Oh, I never saw one other than online, I replied. He attempted to put it together, fumbling a bit. His wife said, it is the first time he has taken it out of the pocket, though he wears it every day.
He got it together, proudly said it was a birthday gift from his daughter when I retired. And, no not had a need to use since! Wife added, it’s been 3 years!!!
Explained, I was curious as I carry this, revealing my ST300. We when chewed the fat for a bit, he had been a maintenance director for a school system in Southern Indiana for 40 years. His wife a teacher and him were in route to Indy for a teacher conference.
He broke his tool down put it in its box sheath, we shook hands, said our well wishes.
I always wondered how much use that tool ever saw???
This occurred maybe 7 years ago, I was 63, he maybe 65.
FWIW, I carried a few Vice Grips in my tool box when doing field repair work, some now on my work bench, a couple in my pickup tool box😉
Never, felt the need for a CRUNCH! But, I do have a ST300, a few REBARS, a couple WAVEs, a SURGE, Rev, Wingman, SideKick, PULSE, ST200, and fe PST, PSTII, original SuperTool, OHT, A BOND, and some others, BUT NOT a CRUNCH😵💫🥺