Recent content by Schweizerwolf

Have used one of these for about 3 years since I burnt out my Bosch (professional series). Has stood up to a lot of abuse and no problems to report. Can confirm made in Germany.

Kampmann (East German) 1/2" drive socket set that has lived in my tractor for years. Cost someone ‎£4-17-6 (Australia went decimal in 1966...). The very mediocre ratchet and swivel-ended driver didn't stand up to the abuse of loosening wheel lug nuts so have been replaced by Australian-made...

I've got close to 100 Stahlwille wrenches dating from the 1950s to present and the quality of the forging and finishing has markedly improved over time. The forging on this purchase is about on par with the earliest and worse than the level of quality attained by the 1970s. Maybe they've been...

I've never seen "West Germany" as COO on Stahlwille. Has fake Stahlwille manufacture been confirmed? Cutting dies, forging and finishing is not a trivial exercise, so wouldn't counterfeiters copy something more lucrative than 40 year old wrenches?

Cleaning out my farm shed the other day I found an Amme, Giesecke & Konegen AG Braunschweig 42/38 mm double open-ended wrench. Seems AGK AG manufactured grain mills between 1895 and 1925, so guess the wrench was for adjustments. I've never seen a pre-WW2 metric wrench in Australia (which used...

Thanks, Monte. So I guess the billet slightly moved in relation to the die blocks between strikes

I have a technical question about drop forging, specifically pertaining to Stahlwille wrenches of the 1980s. Double ring Stahlwille Stabil in a recent online purchase of NOS exhibit quite rough forging and often poorly struck (faint) lettering. That attached shows misaligned letters and...