Leatherman 68010103K Crunch Pocket Multi-Tool with Leather Sheath

List Price: $102.50 Discount Price: $59.74

Features:

• Crunch pocket multi-tool made for demanding professionals and do-it-yourselfers
• All interior blades lock for optimal safety and power
• Features locking pliers that spread wide enough to clamp 1-inch pipe
• Includes serrated knife, file, Phillips screwdriver, 3 slotted screwdrivers, bottle opener, wire cutters, hard-wire cutters, ruler, lanyard attachment, wire stripper, and hex bit driver
• Leatherman's 25-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews:

CLUNKY TOOL [Posted on 2007-04-10]
Difficult to keep pliers in proper configuration for use. Production quality is excellent, but new design needed for the plier. I am a true fan of Leatherman products but this tool was a waste of money.

Leatherman Crunch in a pinch. [Posted on 2007-10-06]
Leatherman Crunch was a Big Hit with my theatre-technical-director son. He finds it handy for all those small, odd jobs for which he doesn't need the big electrical tools.

It's unique, it's useful, and it's unbad. [Posted on 2007-12-19]
When I found out Leatherman makes a tool with locking pliers, I had to have one. So I bought one. Impressions follow:

1. Usually things are larger than I expect, but this one was smaller than I expected. Maybe it's just the fact that I've used big, bulky Vise-Grips all my life, but I really expected this tool to be hefty. It's not bad that it's small, and the plier jaws open nice and wide despite their small size, but I'm nonetheless surprised that it's no bigger than my Wave, even when open.

2. It's not as hard to prepare for use as I had expected. Yes, you have to unfold the plier jaws, and yes, you have to clip the handle into place on the jaws; but, considering that with ANY locking plier you will have to stand there and adjust the force screw until the jaws clamp down with just the right amount of force anyway, the extra "assembly" needed to use the pliers isn't significant.

3. The craftsmanship isn't as good as I expected. Everything is plenty strong, but the fit and finish isn't up to par with the newer, "post-Wave" tools. The plier jaws aren't the exact same width, the folding tool lock is hard to push and doesn't give a lot of feedback, the folding tools themselves flop around a bit, the hinge on the jaws is just a little too tight, the folded-sheet-metal handle is just a tiny bit too wide for the stuff it holds and so it got crimped a little when the rivets were driven into place, etc. It's not crappy by any means, but it doesn't have that laser-cut, precision-machined feel that my Wave has.

Three stars for doing what it says it does without having any noticeable weaknesses. If they improved the design spec so everything fits just right, it would get four stars. If it were the tool of my dreams with everything I want and nothing I don't, it would get five.

Crunch Leatherman [Posted on 2007-12-30]
Well made but never a replacement for standard tools. Good when you have to have a small bundle of everything in case you get "caught in a pinch". Locking jaws can act like a 3rd hand which is it's most redeeming quality. Way too pricey but nice.

Leatherman crunch works great [Posted on 2008-04-05]
I like the Crunch. I have had several Leathermans over the years and lost the last one in a boating capsize. The Crunch was bought to replace that one. The crunch has a vice grip that takes a little time to set up but works good and will even remove the spark plug from my old British Seagull outboard. The serated knife is all I need. I like the screwdriver that is also a file. It's a medium size tool and fits well on my belt.
Quality is great, fine stainless steel. I will use it a long time.

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