Tekton tin snips

[lardy1]

New to their lineup. I don't need any but at the price point I would probably try them if I did,

Aviation Snips | TEKTON

Available in straight, left, or right. The tin/sheet metal snips have serrated blades, spring-loaded handles, and three direction indicators.

www.tekton.com

 

[four.cycle]

Manufactured in Taiwan with a $40 price point - they're shoveling sand against the tide going up against Midwest Snips at comparable price points.

 

[willf650]

Manufactured in Taiwan with a $40 price point - they're shoveling sand against the tide going up against Midwest Snips at comparable price points.

Was my thought's too but was going to refrain from saying anything.

I can think of two American companies that would have probably produced private labeled snips for them.

They have done so in the past

 

[four.cycle]

Oh.. you mean the company that makes them for everyone else?
That's Midwest Snips.

 

[liliysdad]

Manufactured in Taiwan with a $40 price point - they're shoveling sand against the tide going up against Midwest Snips at comparable price points.

Was my thought's too but was going to refrain from saying anything.

I can think of two American companies that would have probably produce private labeled snips for them.

They have done so in the past

There’s that whole “Tekton strives to increase their American made content” showing up again….

 

[d.mcfarland]

There’s that whole “Tekton strives to increase their American made content” showing up again….

They stopped that so fast and just went to rebranding anything they could.

I'd only choose Tekton for anything a person would abuse and just use the warranty for replacement. It's internet Harbor Freight with a higher price to justify the convenience.

 

[liliysdad]

They stopped that so fast and just went to rebranding anything they could.

I'd only choose Tekton for anything a person would abuse and just use the warranty for replacement. It's internet Harbor Freight with a higher price to justify the convenience.

Sure was easy when it was easy….

 

[mreisner]

Tekton and Midwest both are within an hour of each other in Michigan also.

 

[liliysdad]

Tekton and Midwest both are within an hour of each other in Michigan also.

I’ll never not post this when the timing js right…

I’m John Amash, the CEO of Tekton, and I wanted to share exciting developments about our US manufacturing efforts.

More and more of our tools are now made in the US, through a combination of our in-house manufacturing operations and partnerships with some of the best contract manufacturers in the country.

The percentage of USA-made products in Tekton’s lineup is now over 20 percent, including angle wrenches, crowfoot wrenches, dead blow hammers, groove joint pliers, hard-handle screwdrivers, high-torque screwdrivers and nut drivers, pick and hook sets, and several tool storage products. Our next USA-made category will be flare nut crowfoot wrenches.

Our in-house manufacturing capabilities include CNC machining, broaching, laser engraving, vibratory polishing, and pressing. Although we maintain strict control over the materials, processes, and specifications everywhere we make our tools, we believe there’s no substitute for working in our own plant with our own equipment. So we’re working hard to expand our in-house manufacturing capacity.

 

[Firebrick43]

They stopped that so fast and just went to rebranding anything they could.

I'd only choose Tekton for anything a person would abuse and just use the warranty for replacement. It's internet Harbor Freight with a higher price to justify the convenience.

They were a tool rebranding reseller from the beginning. They didn't make anything at first.

They ponied up the money and started making their own tools, and continue to make their own tools. They are adding to their line up as well? I don't get where you get that they stopped producing tools in their Michigan factory? What other hand tool manufacture is doing more in the states when they can instead of say Ideal that has sold SK, closed western forge and possibly pratt read now?

I don't even get the whole HF thing. They are a step up from pittsburg line at HF and yes are more money than them. Chinese HF vs Taiwanese. HF Ikon is the comparable tools, they are Taiwanese as well and very similar price.

 

[sk farmer]

hey i will jump on the wagon. one more reason not to like tekton and it remains as one of only a couple brands on my do not buy list.

 

[sk farmer]

They were a tool rebranding reseller from the beginning. They didn't make anything at first.

They ponied up the money and started making their own tools, and continue to make their own tools. They are adding to their line up as well? I don't get where you get that they stopped producing tools in their Michigan factory? What other hand tool manufacture is doing more in the states when they can instead of say Ideal that has sold SK, closed western forge and possibly pratt read now?

I don't even get the whole HF thing. They are a step up from pittsburg line at HF and yes are more money than them. Chinese HF vs Taiwanese. HF Ikon is the comparable tools, they are Taiwanese as well and very similar price.

what tekton factory in michigan? please tell me and everyone else where it iis.

i will go out on a limb and say tekton does not own one iota of mfg. capacity in michigan or anywhere else. i will gladly retract my statement if proven otherwise.

 

[Firebrick43]

what tekton factory in michigan? please tell me and everyone else where it iis.

i will go out on a limb and say tekton does not own one iota of mfg. capacity in michigan or anywhere else. i will gladly retract my statement if proven otherwise.

Tekton Manufacting Center
424 36th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

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Service wrenches,
Angle head/hydraulic line wrenches
crowfeet

I "think" the hard handle small prybars are made there as well.

 

[drokihazan]

I’ll never not post this when the timing js right…

it's so funny knowing how quickly after this post they cancelled their US made screwdrivers and went to 100% imported Witte ones and got rid of literally Tekton's best product, their hard handles.
I really want to like Tekton, but they make one bad decision after another. Their customer service is amazing. The service wrenches are amazing. The CEO might be a *****.

 

[sk farmer]

if you look up that address it looks like a rather small warehouse located between a used car dealership and a cleaning service. it really doesn't prove anything. i didn't fully watch the videos but i doubt there is anything in them to to prove anything is made at that location the building is just a fraction of the size of their office and warehouse that is just around the corner and behind it.

tekton has never been open to where their stuff was made. i flat out asked a rep a few years ago where any of their stuff was made and they flat out refused to say.

 

[RTM]

if you look up that address it looks like a rather small warehouse located between a used car dealership and a cleaning service. it really doesn't prove anything. i didn't fully watch the videos but i doubt there is anything in them to to prove anything is made at that location the building is just a fraction of the size of their office and warehouse that is just around the corner and behind it.

tekton has never been open to where their stuff was made. i flat out asked a rep a few years ago where any of their stuff was made and they flat out refused to say.

Maybe an inspection/ assembly facility, no stacks on the roof of any visible size, no massive dumpsters out back.

 

[Firebrick43]

if you look up that address it looks like a rather small warehouse located between a used car dealership and a cleaning service. it really doesn't prove anything. i didn't fully watch the videos but i doubt there is anything in them to to prove anything is made at that location

LOL. Love it, you cant be bothered to watch The first video at the end literally says that "we make them here in Grand Rapids Michigan"

They videos show them laser cutting and machining in a rather small building. CNC has made lower volume products cheaper to produce, mainly in needing a fraction of space and specialized machinery that traditional forging and broaching does.

tekton has never been open to where their stuff was made. i flat out asked a rep a few years ago where any of their stuff was made and they flat out refused to say.

Prove to me you actually had this conversation? What was the reps name? /s

Have you dealt with a lot of reps. Many times they have been trained very specifically about the products capabilities, and are chosen more for their sales experience, pretty face, and soothing voice. Many have absolutely no clue how the sausage is made nor do they want to know. The company's I worked for all told the reps to not make any thing up that they didn't absolutely know the correct answer to.

Maybe an inspection/ assembly facility, no stacks on the roof of any visible size, no massive dumpsters out back.

Why would there be stacks on the roof of a CNC machine shop? Or dumpsters out back? The two machine shops I worked in, one over 40 acres under roof never put a chip outside in a dumpster or scrap either.