iamhistory
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Anyone know anything about the quality of Bluegrass tools out of Lexington, KY?
I did a search and didn't come up with anything significant.......even here on GJ there were only 5 posts from 2005 w/ no real useful info.
I've never heard anything about them or seen any of their tools before until the other day. I stopped in a small hole in the wall little town and pulled into their mom and pop general store.......the kind that has a little bit of everything and has been in the family for a hundred years. The grandpa had run the store for decades and had just died in August. He had stashes of different items from days gone by on every shelf. Behind the counter there was an old display of Bluegrass tools. Apparently they've been there a long time b/c some of the wrenches actually had spots of tarnish on them. I was curious so I picked a few things up and checked them out. Interesting feel to them and seemed heavy duty, not great looking or superior finish, but I felt like they would certainly get a job done.
Some prices were very reasonable to downright cheap. Others were what I would consider pretty expensive for a wrench that the company has (what looks like) been out of business for a number of years. I could be wrong on that though.
Curious to hear if there's anyone with experience with Bluegrass. I might pick one or two items up next time I go through that way just to have a different brand in the box. Don't really "need" anything they had that I could tell, but for two or three bucks it's not big money.
I did a search and didn't come up with anything significant.......even here on GJ there were only 5 posts from 2005 w/ no real useful info.
I've never heard anything about them or seen any of their tools before until the other day. I stopped in a small hole in the wall little town and pulled into their mom and pop general store.......the kind that has a little bit of everything and has been in the family for a hundred years. The grandpa had run the store for decades and had just died in August. He had stashes of different items from days gone by on every shelf. Behind the counter there was an old display of Bluegrass tools. Apparently they've been there a long time b/c some of the wrenches actually had spots of tarnish on them. I was curious so I picked a few things up and checked them out. Interesting feel to them and seemed heavy duty, not great looking or superior finish, but I felt like they would certainly get a job done.
Some prices were very reasonable to downright cheap. Others were what I would consider pretty expensive for a wrench that the company has (what looks like) been out of business for a number of years. I could be wrong on that though.
Curious to hear if there's anyone with experience with Bluegrass. I might pick one or two items up next time I go through that way just to have a different brand in the box. Don't really "need" anything they had that I could tell, but for two or three bucks it's not big money.
