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Herbrand Ratchet USA?
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Lump
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Herbrand is a very old USA brand. I have not personally known of Herbrand tools which were not USA-made.
SCscoutguy
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I have had one of those in the past and I am pretty sure they are made in the US. This is what the kit that type of ratchet originally came in.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Herbrand-Tool-S...275?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5c4a126b
http://cgi.ebay.com/Herbrand-Tool-S...275?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5c4a126b
Fordman7795
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Every herbrand hand tool i have came across was USA made, but also said it somewhere on the tool
old salvage
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Dont forget, some were made in Canada.
Blacknwhitepit
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Unfortunately, That ratchet was made in the waning era of Herbrand's existence. It was made when the Triangle Corporation had the Herbrand name (in the 70's) and turned Herbrand into an overseas value ratchet/socket set.
It more than likely is made in Taiwan or Japan. Based upon the poor quality of the Triangle era, I would say Taiwan.
-BWP
It more than likely is made in Taiwan or Japan. Based upon the poor quality of the Triangle era, I would say Taiwan.
-BWP
SCscoutguy
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I tend to find allot of them here at yard sales and flea markets because they were made here in SC for some time as well.
SMKS
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Unfortunately, That ratchet was made in the waning era of Herbrand's existence. It was made when the Triangle Corporation had the Herbrand name (in the 70's) and turned Herbrand into an overseas value ratchet/socket set.
It more than likely is made in Taiwan or Japan. Based upon the poor quality of the Triangle era, I would say Taiwan.
-BWP
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I bought a Herbrand ratchet off ebay just like yours, except flex head. It did not say USA and wasn't up to the quality of the older pieces.
Hate to be a downer, but I seriously doubt that ratchet was made in the USA.
EDIT - I also looked at this link posted by another member:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Herbrand-Tool-S...275?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5c4a126b
Check out the 3rd pic for how cheesy the socket driver looks. It's the generic import socket driver I see at pawn shops all the time. I recently had a 1/4" drive Herbrand socket driver that was clearly marked "USA" and it was much higher quality than that appears to be.
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Thanks for the info, gents. I picked it up on evilbay. Guy said it was a USA Herbrand. Of course the picture of chrome isn't very clear, so I took him on his word. I e-mailed him to see what he can do for me. I don't mind an honest mistake. We'll see if he can make it right.
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I saw that tonight myself and looked at it hard before deciding that they must be new style asian budget set ratchets. The final giveaway was how many they had. Not that a guy can't have 13 vintage ratchets NOS, but its not real likely.
lbgradwell
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It more than likely is made in Taiwan or Japan. Based upon the poor quality of the Triangle era, I would say Taiwan.
+2, but given the age of those tools (early 1970s), I'm much more inclined to say Japan...
thetreshon
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All I've ever seen or owned is USA or Canada Herbrand.
I've actually seen a USA set (probably towards end of USA Herbrand) that the name and size stamping on the sockets was so bad, it was 1/2 off some of the sockets, looked like falling off! Sad, would have probably bought it, had it not been for that.
I've actually seen a USA set (probably towards end of USA Herbrand) that the name and size stamping on the sockets was so bad, it was 1/2 off some of the sockets, looked like falling off! Sad, would have probably bought it, had it not been for that.