[Rhodes22-list] Another Shopping Issue - Hand Tools part 2

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Anyone have any idea who makes the Seafit tools sold West?  The stainless is nice for minimizing corrosion.  Who has the perfect tool array for their Rhodes?
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: bobmellor <rhmello at aol.com>
>Sent: Apr 21, 2007 2:00 AM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Another Shopping Issue - Hand Tools part 2
>
>
>Revised Danaher's:
>
>Armstrong® Industrial Tools, Craftsman®, Allen®, Jacobs®, K-D® Automotive
>Specialty Tools, Napa®, Holo-Krome®, Matco®, GearWrench®, Delta® and Jobox®.  
>I think maybe Kobalt too (at least in som epoint in time) , but have not
>confirmed yet.
>
>(its all pretty much either danaher, stanley, or snap-on.. some have been
>passed from staney to danaher or visa versa over the years as vendor
>contracts expired .. i.e. stanley had craftsman till '92, then in '92
>danaher won as single souce for craftsman)
>
>bob m
>
>
>bobmellor wrote:
>> 
>> I can say with 100% certainty that craftsman and matco are made by the
>> Danaher tool group.. (Danaher bought out ownership of my company a few
>> years ago.)  I think several other tool brands as well.. i'll have to
>> check.
>> Bob M
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ok list, who makes what mechanic hand tools?  I sent most of my Craftsman
>>> stuff (except for the tool boxes I started with as an apprentice mechanic
>>> a
>>> gazillion years ago) to the MS Gulf.  I'm in the market for a whole new
>>> set
>>> of wrenches and sockets for the hangar. The boat has a small collection
>>> of
>>> el cheapos on board because they rust before they wear out.  Snap-on is
>>> out
>>> of the question because of price and Chinese junk is out because of
>>> quality.  Craftsman has always been a good value but I hate going to
>>> Sears
>>> with a passion.  Supposedly, the Kobalt line that Lowes sells is made by
>>> Snap-on and the Husky brand by Home Depot is made by the same company
>>> that
>>> makes Craftsman for Sears. My internet research keeps coming up with the
>>> same conclusion, there are only a handful of US hand tool manufacturers
>>> (pun
>>> intended).  So who makes what and which brand is the best value?
>>> 
>>> Brad
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>> 
>> 
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