Impacts are brand new, just got them last month. Since I do not use them to often, I went with less expensive ones.
The chisel did not get hammer on by a metal hammer I always use a soft mallet, and are always clean. The tips show wear allot more.
There are some less expensive Taiwan made tools, but they are good quality. Think only one thing is made in china I think.
I took the mallet apart, And my wife put it back together. Since I got the erstwing. I never use that mallet anymore. So I have not spent the time to correct.
My wife is German, she is very neat, she cleans my tools when ever we use them. I do not use the cmans stuff that much anymore. Only really used the sockets I have on rails. Mostly Williams and proto stuff. But yeah my tools are very well maintain, and it keeps them looking new.
Ps there is a great tool cleaning solution in Germany, does a great job for cleaning. It is call soluwash's akachemie, spezial-reiniger. My wife use it on my tools after I used them.
My house is a very neat and clean place. This extends into my basement tool area.
