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Well after many months of hard work, we've finally reached the point of unveiling www.levelchrome.com .The first online retailer dedicated to Japanese tools. I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's opinion and inputs, good, bad, or ugly. The ice in the DFW area has really put us behind a few...

I just realized I have these wrenches in my collection, which were given to me a few years back. First question and Monte would probably answer this, is this single wrench “Vertried: Bodmann Germany” a real brand or is this some knock off China wrench with a made up name? I have to say though...

Well I finally located the industrial part of town which is where all the auto repair and tool stores are, and I've got to say it’s a really interesting experience. However, the trend is for cheap and fake tools and it was a struggle to try and locate the few nice items I have below. Sunflag...

Over the years as I built up my tool collection I started realizing that I had my initial starter tools which were lower end stuff, while my newer additions are higher end tools. Hence what I find myself doing is picking which tool to use based upon how nice the car is I’m working on. If I’m...

Not sure if anyone has seen this site below, I know it's in Japanese but this store and their offerings are amazing to see but a bit pricey! http://www.f-gear.biz/direct/catalog/index.php What was interesting to see was the prices they had for the Nepros tools, we are getting it at a major...

I’m very interested in seeing from those that are professional mechanics and who put their tools through serious abuse, pictures of tools they have broken/failed, and those they have worn beyond use. I’m just a weekend mechanic, so even after 20 years of use the only things that I have broken...

It's such a shame that the CM ratchet have such a poor mechanism, because when you look at the design of the ratchet, the steel, and hardness it's really top notch. So I decided to see if I can fix it, and I do recall someone on GJ mentioning to remove the single ball bearing that sits on the...

Greetings everyone, as you can see I'm new to this forum, but I'm sure glad I found it. I wanted to display some of my favorite and unique tools I've acquired over the years from around the world. Here is the description for each; -Anex Low: Just bought these two months ago from Japan (Tokyu...