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In Italy we have 22% of IVA (same cursed tax) :mad:

That's interesting... thanks, Coventry and ttpete!

Very nice british tools! MOD means Ministry of Defence?

Yes, you're right! :mad:

There are two interpretations of the "A" in the acronym: "Anonima" (Anonymous) or "Amos", from the family name of the founder, Hermann Amos. :) The 2010 USAG catalog says "Amos" (attached).

Pastorino was founded by Pietro Pastorino as a manufacturer of hand tools for arts and crafts in 1945 in Gemonio, in the province of Varese: the very same town of USAG (Utensileria Sociale Amos Gemonio). The business was initially specialized in the production of "pinzetteria" (surgical...

Thank You, Cosmik! To this day, my only neutral Swiss-made tool is a PB screwdriver (yellow handle, pre-PB Swiss) :) I raise the biddings with a small bunch of pliers (and not one is from Deutschland :bounce:). - Two little Usag in full chrome - flat nose and frontal wire cutter. NOS from the...

Thanks, Ken. But I need to improve my basic english (and purchase more tools...). For you, a great Weralit from the glorious drawer.

You are right - Snap On, not Stanley.

... Pastorino, another really good brand. And Irazola, i think?

Oh... wonderful tools. Shame on Stanley, yes! They do annihilate some great brands (great traditions, great WORK) all around Europe.

A french speciality, perhaps? :D

Thank You very much, north! There is the strangest item: a french SAM, phillips blade and wooden handle. The blade is not cylindrical but carved (don't know the exact term). And notice the odd gasket between the blade and the handle. On the metal stripe: "SAM baionnette - B.te SGDG - Chr...

Hi, my name is Massimiliano ("Minimal Oasis" anagrammed :lol:), I live in northern Italy, near Venice. Today I was in need of a little screwdriver, so I went to an old, well regarded hardware store. And then the old owner opened a drawer... :eyecrazy: A lot of screwdrivers from '60s and '70s...