billymade
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I requested a tool catalog from them and they sent it to me for free; I think their stuff looks high quality! Check out their products and request a free catalog here: http://www.gedore.com/en/produkte/index.html?pe_id=17
German Tool Pics Wanted
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Uncle Buck
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Clearly judging from the pics they do make good tools, it's just a damned shame all I have ever seen of that brand is the cheap ****!
billymade
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I'm in the same boat as you; the only Gedore stuff I see at the flea/pawn shop is india stuff.... I just very rarely see German tools period! If I do it is typically, early Hazet wrenches that came in Mercedes or VW tool sets from their early cars...
I have 2 pliers from them and they`re really good... The pullers are top notch too (also avail. with a Hazet sticker on them...) , their "Habero" hammers are among the best along with "Picard" and "Peddinghaus" hammers and their "Dako" pipe tools are legendary... The standard wrench + socket range is less flashy than from the other german tool companies (can you say flashy and german tools in one sentence ?? 
) but they`ll do the job... And most of the tools are still made over here, there was a similar TV-report in the TV like the Hazet movie where they showed how they make the pliers and test each with 10.000 volts, and the recoilless hammers, you saw how they cut the round plastic bars in short pieces and then how they are machined in a lathe , how the hammer head and shaft brazed together etc.... (very interesting) and everything what they did looked like high quality
here a socket a ratchet and a wrench for you:
) but they`ll do the job... And most of the tools are still made over here, there was a similar TV-report in the TV like the Hazet movie where they showed how they make the pliers and test each with 10.000 volts, and the recoilless hammers, you saw how they cut the round plastic bars in short pieces and then how they are machined in a lathe , how the hammer head and shaft brazed together etc.... (very interesting) and everything what they did looked like high quality here a socket a ratchet and a wrench for you:
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jerk_chicken
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Heyco seems to get no love, it appears.
The Gedore stuff above looks sweet.
The Gedore stuff above looks sweet.
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Vinko
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Haberle 
Vinko
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Yes. My father bought it sometime in the 80's. Made in West Germany.
Going to get a few replacement long allen wrenches from samstag sales in the US. As I can't find out who was OEM for the wrenches at the time.
Those Stahlwilles are 13 series, which are standard length. Stahlwille also makes a long series of combination wrench called the 14 series. Those are the ones which I have. They are about the same lengths as the Hazet 600N. The Hazet 600N is an extra long combination wrench. The standard length Hazet are the 603 series. The 603 do not have flank drive, but the 600N do.
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jerk_chicken
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Thanks for the comparison. INteresting that some don't have flank drive.
My 600N Hazets are brand new.
The 603 Hazets I have are new old stock from the 80's. Maybe the ones produced now are flank drive?
I can't believe all the flack that Gedore is getting.
I've never seen a made in India Gedore here in Taiwan. All I see are the German and Austrian Gedore, and it's all top-shelf stuff.
From what I've read, the made in India Gedore was intended for the Indian market only. It was never meant to be exported to anywhere. Apparently over in the US, that's all they're seeing. I'm sure that Gedore deeply regrets letting them put the Gedore name on the products that they produced in India as they are not up to Gedore quality standards. Their reputation seems to be fatally harmed in the US from all this.
The 603 Hazets I have are new old stock from the 80's. Maybe the ones produced now are flank drive?
I can't believe all the flack that Gedore is getting.
I've never seen a made in India Gedore here in Taiwan. All I see are the German and Austrian Gedore, and it's all top-shelf stuff.
From what I've read, the made in India Gedore was intended for the Indian market only. It was never meant to be exported to anywhere. Apparently over in the US, that's all they're seeing. I'm sure that Gedore deeply regrets letting them put the Gedore name on the products that they produced in India as they are not up to Gedore quality standards. Their reputation seems to be fatally harmed in the US from all this.
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woodshadower
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Find a store that sells a bunch of it, nearly everything at ChadsToolbox is made in Germany. Get cozy with a place like that and their IT guys probably have all kinds of larger images that could be shared.
Mickey O
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Here you go, two common German wrenches:
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bushhawg73
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Man those Hazet ratchets are nice, DAMN another thing I want.
hazet T handle long socket
http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy92/wizard11/tools/Thandlesocket.jpg
http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy92/wizard11/tools/Thandlesocket.jpg
JayL
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Here are some Orbis Pliers that I have been using for almost 15 years now.
These tools are very old but still doing fine.
These tools are very old but still doing fine.
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