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Is it a Japanese made item ? I have bought a few Klein Japanese items and they are very good quality.

Choice Bro! I have had some good rare stuff come from NZ, there ebay equivalent gets some good stuff but they don’t like to post to OZ. yet I picked up locally recently stuff I had been looking for for 40 years mint and boxed . Happy hunting regards A

Were they local finds ? I’m on the east coast and do not come across those CeeTee always crescent and mostly ordinary. Regards A

Nice

Here are a pair of 50-7T lineman pliers I picked up a few pairs all boxed some were tatty boxes made between 69 and early 77

That’s really nice I have a few crescent boards but I have not seen that item ever , I gather it’s circa 1965 . Thank you for sharing.

Being a electrical contractor and being in the South Pacific, it has always been a miss match of products , European and imperial threads and add in BA and American fine pitch, with the loss of local terminals and lug manufacturing, and the varying tolerances on products , In particular we go...

Use them all the time on electrical switchgear ( high current switchgear up to 2000 amps ) and on medical equipment I prefer hex key heads over bolts , no issues with bolt and nut burrs . It’s subjective and job specific.

I can not look at the crescent range in a modern tool store , it disgusts me, and it’s the country of manufacture which is the problem, go offshore, make more profit by selling inferior product. In my part of the world they have become a handyman’s tool not a tradesman tool very sad .

I do have a pair not sure what size ( need to check ) a local has a mint boxed pair for a reasonable price, which I think I should buy. They are not a common item to find in this part of the world , unlike the UK snips,and the Wiss Aviation snips . I like the your interesting finds . Regards A

That’s a great question, I i gather he was there from the late 70s but has been on a long quest with a lot of new old stock back to the sets in the late 50s . He is in WA , I personally have had some incredible finds from WA mint boxed items . Closed mines and bush suppliers. My brother has a...

Nice , what is the snip length ?

Sid is the most knowledgeable guy on the product He used to work for Blackwoods ( biggest engineering and tool supplier in the country Australia) His collection is extensive to say the least. He is happy to share his expertise and show his collection .

Very nice , I have never seen a USA made crescent Box wrench ( set spanner ) in this part of the world , proto and snap on are common. That’s a great find

From the 70s and 80s Stanley Australia forge