Craftsman Industrial black oxide combo wrenches

[davethorik]

did a brief search here and didn't really turn up much since Craftsman turns up so many hits. I have found a new set of metric black oxide C-man Industrials locally for not much $. They look like regular RP wrenches, anything special about them?

If these are the same as regular RP wrenches sans chrome, I will just get Wright #752 metric set.

 

[jcfields]

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[nicksnothereman]

did a brief search here and didn't really turn up much since Craftsman turns up so many hits. I have found a new set of metric black oxide C-man Industrials locally for not much $. They look like regular RP wrenches, anything special about them?

If these are the same as regular RP wrenches sans chrome, I will just get Wright #752 metric set.

They're armstrong wrenches.

I don't know if armstrong made the original raised panels for craftsman but they don't now. I haven't compared them to the older us raised panels I have so I can't really state either way but they certainly aren't priced like the old craftsman raised panels.

http://www.sears.com/armstrong-10-pc-12-pt-black-oxide-long/p-00983716000P

 

[davethorik]

There were also Craftsman Industrial full polish wrenches that look a lot like the C-Man Professional, which were made by Armstrong...but these black oxide wrenches I've stumbled across don't look like your link Nick...they look like C-man raised panels that say Craftsman Industrial instead of plain ol Craftsman, and theyre black oxided.

I will steer clear and get the Wright set as mentioned above...a little more money but better quality.