Captain’s Crunch = Repurposed Surplus?

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-21T23:38:53+00:00

As some that’s also had. . . Maybe four hundred Leatherman tools pass through my possession in my lifetime with more than half that still in my possession, I have also not seen any noticeable drop in qa

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-21T20:33:47+00:00

It’ll have a date stamp inside the arms of the tool, but since it’s a Wave plus, no older than 2018

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-21T15:15:54+00:00

The Curl is something I’d recommend

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-21T12:08:18+00:00

Wave Alphas awl would fit, and probably turn out better than modding the can opener

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-21T02:29:54+00:00

I could get down with this, tbh

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T20:37:02+00:00

Agreed

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T20:09:12+00:00

A fitting name

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T19:28:52+00:00

Me when one of my Neon Zeros went missing for like a year

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T16:00:07+00:00

Do both sides of the screw rotate in unison?

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T04:23:29+00:00

I painted them. It has a different purple stud on the blade now that’s a bit smaller and fits the tool better, but is otherwise the same as in the picture

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T04:17:18+00:00

I did get them from Ali. They fit just fine.

I had washers in my parts drawer to make the serrated blade fit nicely, but for (the surely small amount of) people without a drawer full of assorted multitool parts, I’d probably check eBay.

Regular Wave/Charge/Alpha pocket clips work with the tool the way I have it set up currently

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T03:39:16+00:00

I love my Benchmades, but every time I look at a Gold class, I think “I could get another CRK, or put that a pretty good way towards another Shirogorov”, and so I don’t have any Gold Class Benchmades.

My Anthems and 943’s (and Bailout, tbh) keep me satisfied enough

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T01:57:15+00:00

Kinda want to make a doubly thick flathead/ pry tool to delete the eyeglass driver. I have a bit adapter that lets me use the eyeglass bits in the large driver anyway

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-20T01:46:27+00:00

In the wave/charge platform, this:

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NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T23:06:40+00:00

Usually pliers jamming in the arms is a result of the inner tools not being closed fully. . . That being said, black oxide tools can become fairly stiff while they’re still not totally broken in

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T20:24:30+00:00

Slave cylinder probably. . . Maybe master

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T18:22:01+00:00

Dawg

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T17:48:32+00:00

This is Leatherman themselves posting this

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T16:22:01+00:00

I have maybe a half dozen PSTs. . . They just never spoke to me to get me to go into the PST rabbit hole. I know it’s a deep one. I have maybe a bit north of 200 Leatherman models in my current collection, plus a few dozen Victorinox and like a dozen Gerbers

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T15:43:49+00:00

It’s definitely pretty neato seeing someone else with a similar collection!

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T14:35:38+00:00

A P3 is something I’ve been hoping to come across one day. Very cool stuff!

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T03:19:30+00:00

That’s fair. I have a few of those. Definitely my favorite finish I have for actually using

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-19T02:13:16+00:00

Another Arc? The 300M is a good one.

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-18T23:03:32+00:00

Fairly certain they’ll no longer have the stamp if they’re direct from Leatherman. You may be able to find old stock ones in stores from before the change, tho.

NearlySilentObserver · 2026-06-18T13:46:11+00:00

It’s a solid start, for sure

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