I love my Crunch. While it's not my most used LM, it's my favorite. Except for the Juices, I think it's the best balance of form and function of any LM.Mine has been living in my cycling toolkit, in a water bottle cage on my bike for the last year. Although, I've been seriously considering trying it out as an EDC tool.
Quote from: Anthony on October 06, 2007, 11:35:59 PMI know the first day I carry the Crunch, I'll need a small saw, or an awl, or both...once I've carried something I can't easily give it up. And it's an excuse to get another SAK.You hit the nail on the head here... the Crunch is the best possible combination with a larger SAK! I carry my Work Champ on my EDC bag without fail. It does 90% of the day to day tasks I come across; I rarely need pliers. However, when I do, it's usually to hold something, clamp something together or shut, loosen a tough fastener, etc. So for me, the Crunch is perfect for those tasks, and compliments a SAK so well.I used to EDC one of my Juices, or my Skeletool CX, but now that I'm carrying my Crunch with my Work Champ, I've been able to repurpose them all to my various hiking and outdoors packs, where they come in very useful. But for my urban needs, nothing goes better with a SAK than a Crunch.I'll echo Def's sentiments from his review; the Crunch is one of the best thought-out and designed MT's I've encountered in my limited experience, it's design is simply inspired... Perhaps one reason I don't have more is because the Crunch is such a great and useful tool.Get yourself a Crunch and pair it up with a good SAK like a Vic Ranger or Handyman, or a Wenger like a Ranger 78, and you'll have a 1 - 2 punch that will handle just about anything you'll come across that doesn't require a specialized or dedicated purpose tool.Oh, and I have a wrist lanyard on mine that I do use the lanyard ring for; mostly to make it easier to pull it out of the sheath I keep it in on the strap of my EDC bag. Given how the Crunch works, I typically unclip the lanyard from it anyway. But, I can also clip it back on when I want, to keep the tool ready when I need it, while I'm doing various tasks; those are my primary uses for the lanyard, and it definitely helps make the tool easier to use.
I know the first day I carry the Crunch, I'll need a small saw, or an awl, or both...once I've carried something I can't easily give it up. And it's an excuse to get another SAK.
HiLong time Cruncher here, date code is 0799 in both handles. So like a classic car, motorbike or other fine piece of equipment the serials all match. My wife bought it for me as a Birthday gift several years ago.Maybe you fellow Crunchers are aware the simple (non-destructive) mod which enables using a power jig-saw blade with your Crunch..........or actually with any locking-jawed plier that has a wire-cutter area.This link is from my bloghttp://blogericious.blogspot.com/2013/06/leatherman-crunch-saw-mod.html.
Quote from: neillcurrie on June 17, 2013, 04:03:52 PMHiLong time Cruncher here, date code is 0799 in both handles. So like a classic car, motorbike or other fine piece of equipment the serials all match. My wife bought it for me as a Birthday gift several years ago.Maybe you fellow Crunchers are aware the simple (non-destructive) mod which enables using a power jig-saw blade with your Crunch..........or actually with any locking-jawed plier that has a wire-cutter area.This link is from my bloghttp://blogericious.blogspot.com/2013/06/leatherman-crunch-saw-mod.html.Nice tip Have you come up with any ideas to hold any other tool on the crunch jaws? I still dont have a crunch but i will solve that soon..
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I firmly believe the Crunch is perfect in every way.
I think that Crunch should contain a different set of scale tools, because it isn't a general standalone multitool. One will have to also use a Surge or somethnig that allready contains files, knives etc. A bit holder and some unique tools would be handy.
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