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AFAIK, yes. My speculation is that as AIGO was phasing down their business in the late 2000's, 3.Peaks may have acquired the machinery/tooling for manufacturing locking pliers (AIGO was one of, if not, the only manufacturer in Japan making a variety of locking pliers). AIGO and 3.Peaks are both...

Has come in handy a few times dealing with round-head bolts. Pliers wrench was used as leverage.

I have three of the 3.Peaks locking pliers: the smaller, 1st gen model and the current gen, smaller and long-nose versions. Nice tools, and made in Japan as well. The KTC locking pliers have always been sourced from Irwin, so they are not made in the US. The 3.Peaks are specialty pliers meant...

I have the 1/2"sq Attack, but rarely use it. I have a mishmash of Wera and Ko-ken 5/16" bits in in-hex and torx. They are inserted into dedicated bit holder and get driven on an impact wrench. The #3 shattered because I didn't fully seat the bit into the screw. The T45 got ruined from repeated...

Your first chest is looking like a KR537E.

Nice! Tough decision between the Stahlwille Stabil 20's and those Deen wrenches, which closely mimics them.

Shame to see the life of that PB bit cut short 😢 For tough tasks, I like to use 5/16" bits

DEEN's Euro pattern deep offset wrenches. Sometimes the only wrench pattern that'll fit!

Asahi SST wrench and Tone 4-way wrench With Revowave With Lightool 10mm super stubby

This style of electrician's pliers has been a recent introduction...recent as in around 5 years ago. Similar to how Knipex has been introducing a number of pliers/specialty tools that combine 2 or more different tools into one tool. Those are a combination of cable shear pliers and combination...

PB Swiss Classic/Multicraft/SwissGrip Vessel Ballgrip Anex (non-ballgrip) and Wanidora Wera Kraftkant Facom Ergotwist Felo Ergonic Snap-on square hard handle

Excuse the **** photo, but these are my latest tool purchases while in Japan. Anex pry tool, tweezer, magnetic pickup, pass-thru socket, dual-anvil style bit pack Tsubosan Bright 900 file Vessel +0000 micro driver Victor diagonal flush-cuts TOP 5.5mm combination wrench FPC locking quick spinner...

Ko-ken 3322AZ ☝️ IMG_20160127_103416254 by ChrisCas aka Superautobacs, on Flickr IMG_20160126_074956038_HDR by ChrisCas aka Superautobacs, on Flickr

:LOL: In Japan, Lobster tools are more commonly referred to as "ebi", which translates to "shrimp". In the early 2010's, when the 72-T models came out with the more "modern" ratchet head, it was a tell-tale sign of outsourcing. The original Lightool ratchets with the 24-T mechanism were made...

Thinking about bare metal pliers, I was looking at my archives for some photos of my KTC slip-joints. Somehow I seem to have only kept one photo. I loved the look on these. Sadly I lost it a few years ago on the job. I forgot these also have flush-joints, and these were part of KTC's lineup...

Yes! In fact I think they started it before Wilde. I got the TG200NA model (Tri-grip profile and screw-grabbing feature) back in 2013. Lobtex is also an early adopter of using cationic electrodeposition coating on their pliers.

Lobtex (aka Lobster) TG200 'Tri-grip' slipjoint pliers

If you are planning to go to a Factory Gear store, only the Tokyo and Osaka stores are able to provide duty-free shopping.

KTC takes top podium for serving the automotive side of things. In distant second is Tone, then served by all the other manufacturers like Ko-ken, Mitoloy, SEK, Flag, FPC. I think the most notable change in recent years is the popularity Ko-ken has gained within Japan. Interesting fact about...

I've never seen them in a bit format. I've had the Bondhus ball end #2 screwdriver for years and it has done its job on a few occasions.