Anyone EDC the Crunch?

[AJ]

Getting the bug again and have been trying to decide what's next.

I had a crunch a number of years ago, but did not use it much.

Been thinking about buying another one.. 

Anyone EDC the crunch?

[Roadie]

Yup (ish), when i ride my bike it comes with me, usually in my bag (if i'm going to uni) or on my belt with a couple of hex bits in the sheath it if i'm on a ride.

[Anthony]

Lately I've been EDCing a Spirit and a Crunch and I've got all the bases covered and then some when it comes to gripping stuff.  The Crunch isn't a huge bulky tool when it's closed (or opened), so there's really no excuse NOT to carry it IMO

Sometimes a pair of locking pliers can't be substituted by anything else!

[E. Danny]

I did, until the tools in the handle would no longer hold in place.

[J-sews]

The Crunch is cool but I need needlenose jaws too often to have a Crunch as my EDC.

[Teofilo]

Yo Jsews, is it cooler to EDC a Kershaw than a Crunch then?

[Rob]

I did for awhile but then went back to my Charge.  I just didn't have enough uses for a locking plier to justify carrying it over something with standard needle nose pliers.  Although I agree, it's a very small tool when folded.  More so than many others.  Maybe I'll break it back out and try using it again.

[Spoonrobot]

I did for quite a while.

Found it exactly as useful as a typical needlenose multi, just in different ways. My favorite use of the tool was as a clamp/third hand, an amazingly useful feature that isn't a listed implement but really should be. If I could figure out how to put a saw and a scissors in there I would EDC it forever.

[jock1]

I don't personally but a colleague does and swears by it it has been used for everything inluding starting a stolen JCB which had been abandoned in a housing scheme

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I don't personally but a colleague does and swears by it it has been used for everything inluding starting a stolen JCB which had been abandoned in a housing scheme

How the hell did he manage that (looking for insider tips )

[Anthony]

What's a JCB?

And I'd like to know how a Crunch can start one!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yup (ish), when i ride my bike it comes with me, usually in my bag (if i'm going to uni) or on my belt with a couple of hex bits in the sheath it if i'm on a ride.

Like Ryan I'd be tempted to get one as a cycle tool

[Roadie]

What's a JCB?

And I'd like to know how a Crunch can start one!

A JCB is a brand of heavy machinery http://www.jcb.co.uk/

[jock1]

Not rightly sure myself but he is an ex army engineer and swears that one of the smaller tools on the Crunch functions as a universal igntion key for all heavy plant machinery

[Anthony]

Not rightly sure myself but he is an ex army engineer and swears that one of the smaller tools on the Crunch functions as a universal igntion key for all heavy plant machinery

Interesting...anyone have any heavy plant machinery and a Crunch nearby that wan'ts to do a test?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Not rightly sure myself but he is an ex army engineer and swears that one of the smaller tools on the Crunch functions as a universal igntion key for all heavy plant machinery

I don't know weather to be impressed or worried about what there teaching squadie's these days

[J-sews]

Yo Jsews, is it cooler to EDC a Kershaw than a Crunch then?

Never tried it to be honest! 

[Poncho65]

If I had one I'd edc it but since I can't seem to win one on Ebay gonna be a while (since I am cheap) I'd try it on some type of heavy machinery too   

[Tarrodemierda]

well i do use my crunch almost everyday,i love that 1/4" driver in it,its useful in motorcycling,when u dont have to carry many ratchets etc,just the crunch and few sockets.

[HaChayalBoded]

well i do use my crunch almost everyday,i love that 1/4" driver in it,its useful in motorcycling,when u dont have to carry many ratchets etc,just the crunch and few sockets.

+1, what are you riding?

[Tarrodemierda]

mountain bikes and fixed gear track bike most of the time,since my motorcycle is in pieces now,i have triumph speed triple streetfighter and harley davidson xlch"ironhead",totally modified,frame is selfmade,engine has been stroked,race cams,its kind of Zero style,with board track bike influences.

[nezza33]

I have a crunch in my Landie and a couple cheap Jack Pyke knock-offs lying around.

[HaChayalBoded]

mountain bikes and fixed gear track bike most of the time,since my motorcycle is in pieces now,i have triumph speed triple streetfighter and harley davidson xlch"ironhead",totally modified,frame is selfmade,engine has been stroked,race cams,its kind of Zero style,with board track bike influences.

I'll put the bug eyed bike back together if I can keep it after Why is it apart? Or is the Harley apart?

[Tarrodemierda]

the harley is in pieces,the only working thing on it is engine although im modifyin it more into xr1000 style by takin of the rear hear and replacin it with one front head.this way i can put the exhaust pipes differently,more straight form and there will be also two throat dellorto 36 dhlb carburetors.its been stroked to almost 1300 cc now by boring and stroking,and it has race cams and magneto,longer first gear,othervise its rather stock;).the frame will be really long and low old school gooseneck style,and shortened,modified springer front end with one leaf spring,instead of those stock dual spiral springs.the block has been cut,and the gearbox removed,siince it will have gears from big twin h-d.the ironhead gear boxes tend to crack at violent accelerations

[AndyTiedye]

Has anybody mounted a camera tripod head on a Crunch?

Locking pliers can make a very nice camera support.

[Tarrodemierda]

 i think some ballhead would fit in it nicely,havent never thought about it.thanks for sharing good idea.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Funny this thread came back up now- I've been seriously contemplating pressing my Crunch back into service.  While it may be limited in other functions, I have found myself over the last few weeks wishing I'd brought it with me while doing different things because locking pliers would have been a serious benefit.  Other than trying to take the doors of my Jeep, I can't think of anything else I would have wanted them for off the top of my head, I just remember thinking that!

I dug it out earlier today to add it to the EDC rotation.

Def

[Poncho65]

  Man everybodies talking about a Crunch I have got to get 1

[Anthony]

Funny this thread came back up now- I've been seriously contemplating pressing my Crunch back into service.  While it may be limited in other functions, I have found myself over the last few weeks wishing I'd brought it with me while doing different things because locking pliers would have been a serious benefit.  Other than trying to take the doors of my Jeep, I can't think of anything else I would have wanted them for off the top of my head, I just remember thinking that!

I dug it out earlier today to add it to the EDC rotation.

Def

Try carrying it alongside another more traditional tool...the Crunch isn't big/heavy at all in those old small leather sheaths.

[Grant Lamontagne]

I don't have a small leather sheath for mine- I have an On Scene Tactical kydex one! 

Def