| Manufacturer | Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co.,LTD. |
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I'm suffering from an excess of tools and certainly not in the market to buy any from anyone for quite awhile. If I was, how would I be able to tell the difference between the white and black labels? It would make way too much sense to have white or black packaging or labeling.
That's the parent company that bought SK and moved them to PA back in 2021. I was in email contact with them over a year ago when I was wanting to buy a couple of things and couldn't. According to the email, they were going to keep ratchet, socket, and cushion grip screw driver production here, wrenches were going to be China made, and I can't remember the rest because I got the answers I was looking for and no longer cared.
I'd prefer it start at 13mm, skip 20 mm and run to at least 22mm but, that's just me.
I like the green band with the green rail. useless but, good looking.
Which leads to the obvious question: why not just buy the DuraTech at 1/4 the price?Im guessing these SK’s sockets are coming off the same line as their Duratech sockets. The knurling on them actually gives them a small advantage over the SK.
They also have pics on their Amazon store of the new imported adjustable wrenches (ugly), a couple pliers (meh), and combination wrenches (decent looking).
In the other items listed by the same seller, the adjustable wrenches are labeled SK but the item title says Duratech
what a weird range of sizes for a 1/2 drive socket set
They are attractive sockets though but, anything can look good in an Amazon photo.
I think all bets are off as to where SK tools are made. It will be an evolving target leaning towards more and more offshore..
It wouldn't take that much to improve QC over what they were churning out in the past 20 years from their US plant.
That's heartless. Completely true but heartless.
type a "colon" deadhorse
then select it.Many others? I know of Snap-On, Williams, and Wright in addition to maybe SK if they still make anything in the USA. SK used to be a relatively inexpensive made in the USA option, but SK's insistence on MAP pricing made SK a lot more expensive in recent years.
I’m being facetious.
I don't think there ever was an obsession for SK. They were generally a respected brand thruout the years but professionals tended to gravitate towards SO and the tool truck brands while DIY'ers gravitated towards CM. SK's niche was kind of in between and rather thin. Go to garage sales/flea markets and you'll see used SK sell for a pittance compared to CM or SO.
When was "best era" SK? I've heard people complain about all eras starting with SK Wayne
Western Forge, Pratt-Read, and SK. All brands/manufacturers that Ideal used to own and are dead or mere shadows of their former selves. Even Ideal electrical tools are being replaced with China-made tools, possibly part of the deal with HGS.
