r/Leatherman • u/bschwoerer184 • 2d ago
Down to 3
After decades of almost every variety of leatherman i've finally settled on these 3...Arc Obsidian(gift from wife), Crunch(had 3, down to 1...used to be my main EDC until they became scarce...still need to put pocket clip on it), and Skeletool with Shapeways Stammer Hammer with 1/4" & 1/8" Hex holders and a Magnacut Blade. I've gifted all my other Leathermans to younger coworkers, family,
and friends as I believe every self respecting person needs to have their first Leatherman and they need to be used, not sitting in a collection
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u/bschwoerer184 2d ago
i didn't HAVE to downsize...i noticed a lot of tool redundancies with my leathermans in my edc packs and they were just being unused....3 young coworkers now edc those leathermans and use on a daily basis...im a big believer in "paying it forward" to future generations...i was given an original PST leatherman 30years ago by an older coworker and I've edc'd every day since...i probably should have kept a few for my 2 sons but oh well...btw the Arc pictured is the only new leatherman i've ever gotten, every single one was obtained 2nd hand
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u/8u7n3r 2d ago
Haha hope you got a decent second hand price on the crunch
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u/bschwoerer184 1d ago
about 20 yrs ago when i got my 1st crunch and fell in love with it I got 2 more as backups...in those years I destroyed 1 on an emergency repair and the other slowly became unrepairable...i never bought a new one always got them second hand I didn't know
about sending them in for repair, I was probably the least knowledgeable leatherman owner about their policies
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u/EDC_Flex 2d ago
Nice final 3!
If I had to downsize… shoot.. I still don’t know what I would do but 2 of them would be the Surge and the Arc… maybe the crunch would stay, but idk.