I don't recall seeing any black tools in the engine building process at MB either. I get what you're saying, but in your first post you made it sound like only ne'er-do-wells use chromed tools.
Sorry.
Didn't mean that at all.
Ever been in a power plant?
Ever been in a meat packing facility?
Ever been in a cereal mfgr plant?
Ever been in a sewage plant?
Ever been on a mfgr line using electrostatic painting processes?
Ever been in a steel plant and smelting facility?
I have all of them.
i notice lots of things and also talk to those that work at each.
Industrial finsih tools are NOT an industry std. per se', but certain rules, safety stds. and codes govern what tools employees can use and where in some if not many cases.
If you like industrial finshes, then buy them. It's not a rube thing.
It's like buying a 50 caliber sniper rifle for plinking cans at the range.
There are a lot of less expensive and, most times, better options out there for what you are using it for but if you want what you want, then go for it.
Those that need tools for a living to meet certain spec's or to keep a facilty running buy them for a reason and pay the extra $$$$ usually.
No different that products I use that only come in 5 gallon pails or 55 gallon drums.
They are not a home user aimed product but I need and use them none the less with regularity.
But I still pay a premium for them vs. the **** found in smaller quantities from alternative mfgrs.
