When I was a young wrench-turner, about a million years ago, I recall that we had three truck brands come into the Goodyear store where I worked. There was a
Snap On, a
Mac, and a
Cornwell truck every week.
To the best of my memory, in those days Snap On and Cornwell were more expensive, and a little more "
polished", in the sense that their tools were much more detailed in appearance. But as I recall, Cornwell was the most expensive at that time. I bought a lot of Mac and Snap On off of the trucks, but usually came off of the Cornwell truck without spending any $$$. Today, I eagerly seek Cornwell tools at flea markets, yard sales, auctions, and estate sales, because the "average Joe" vendor/bidder will often set values HIGHER for Craftsman tools than they will for Cornwell
(or Billings, Blackhawk, Proto, Plomb, New Britain, etc). Indeed, many of them never even heard of Cornwell!!
So with Cornwell I can get a used truck-quality tool for less than used C-man prices. Nice!
affectionately of course.
