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Reed Prince said:
In the past I've bought from Werk10 in Germany. https://www.werk10.com/
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What carrier do they use? FexEx and UPS love to slap "brokerage fees" or "administrative fees" on international orders. USPS and DHL tend to be more honest (though USPS has the dreaded "Network Distribution Centers" that too often double as black holes...).

I'm currently fighting FedEx over an international delivery because their customs people aren't competent enough to grasp that a special rate of duty (i.e. a lower rate resulting from a bilateral or multilateral trade deal, or on the flip side a higher rate because of some punitive tantrum by our government) overrides the general rate of duty for any given classification. Despite being informed, pointed to the relevant pages of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and even sent copies of the relevant pages with highlighting and arrows, they don't seem willing to correct their clear and obvious error. So so so stupid. I suspect we're not the only ones affected, and there's a class action ripe for the filing...

One nice thing about Amazon is they have the market power and shipping volume to bend the carriers to their will. Alas, they do not export PB Swiss to the US.
 
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JBH said:
What carrier do they use? FexEx and UPS love to slap "brokerage fees" or "administrative fees" on international orders. USPS and DHL tend to be more honest (though USPS has the dreaded "Network Distribution Centers" that too often double as black holes...).
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When I ordered from them they were handed off to USPS for the US part of the trip. No brokerage/administrative fees. And yes, the f'ing black holes, god help you if it goes through Chicago.


As for PB Swiss in general, they have good fit and are great for precision work, but their handles are tiny and don't provide enough torque even for medium size fasteners. That simply means you have to apply more force so it's not a deal breaker per se, however add in their price and the handle compromise between picking up dirt or eventually smelling of vomit and they simply don't make much sense. My preference is for triangular grip alternatives.
 
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anetode said:
As for PB Swiss in general, they have good fit and are great for precision work, but their handles are tiny and don't provide enough torque even for medium size fasteners. That simply means you have to apply more force so it's not a deal breaker per se, however add in their price and the handle compromise between picking up dirt or eventually smelling of vomit and they simply don't make much sense. My preference is for triangular grip alternatives.
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See the handle size is another reason why I like PB Swiss. I tried SO Instinct, Wiha , and Witte. I guess it comes down to handle preference and I like having a medium sized handle, the instincts/Wiha handles were too big and didn’t seem to appropriate fastener size to handle size. You gotta try them to see what you like.
 
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jimmyin3D said:
See the handle size is another reason why I like PB Swiss. I tried SO Instinct, Wiha , and Witte. I guess it comes down to handle preference and I like having a medium sized handle, the instincts/Wiha handles were too big and didn’t seem to appropriate fastener size to handle size. You gotta try them to see what you like.
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Absolutely, personal preference is the determining factor once you're past a quality threshold. My faves are the first-gen SO Instincts and the Wittes, excepting smaller sizes.
 
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