Luxurious tools?

[adrian44]

So I read good things about Swiss Tools online and decided to by myself a nice set of their products in February. I bought a set of 5 sizes of Slot drivers, set of 4 Phillips ones, two Pozidriv drivers, and set of wrenches for Tamperproof Torx screws.

The quality is impressive, perfect fitting and gripping of the screws that even beats my Wera ones, and best of all the heads don't seem to wear or deform

The tamperproof Torx wrenches were very expensive but not a single cam out or failure especially on the tiny screws. Even the smallest one, size 6, had a hole in the head. I have other tamperproof wrenches of other brands where sizes 6 and 7 are solid.

So obviously I am happy with my tools and decided to look for more information about them and that's the funny part. Their site and literature has a Swiss flag and a logo that says "100% Made in Switzerland", and google search found this clip in which they assert that every part is made in their Switzerland factory and that it's a family owned business etc.

That was like watching a promo clip for Merceds Benz or an expensive fountain pen and it made me think that maybe we will see a new breed of tools that are aesthetically pleasing as well as functioning and soon your status in society could be linked to what brand of tools do you have and if you own a set of pliers engraved with your name in gold

 

[r_olson_06]

Seen these tools about a year ago. We were installing a line a work and the start up guys were from Switzerland. Here had these allen wrenches that were colored according to size. The quality looked amazing and never seen color coding on allen wrenches makes it nice for grabbing the right size.

 

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SwissGrips

 

[gatewaysysop]

Love me some PB Swiss!

They are without a doubt some of the finest screw drivers I've ever owned and I would get more if I had the need and the room. Great photos, by the way.

 

[shoturtle]

They are not luxurious tools, they are everyday tools. They are common all over europe along with felo, wera, wiha and witte. Only in the US do we label them luxurious tools, while the european use them like the US use the US made brands.

 

[adrian44]

They are not luxurious tools, they are everyday tools. They are common all over europe along with felo, wera, wiha and witte. Only in the US do we label them luxurious tools, while the european use them like the US use the US made brands.

lol! Makes sense

 

[5mall5nail5]

Its just like cars. In the BMW scene the US guys here take off all of the US-coded molding and amber colored side markers and such and put on european marker-less molding and clear indicators and such from the Euro market. Then, the guys in the Euro countries import US spec stuff .. its like a complete 180 lol

 

[Skyline]

I don't like the rounded tip on that flat blade screwdriver.

 

[adrian44]

I don't like the rounded tip on that flat blade screwdriver.

Why? It reduces digging marks on screws when some torque is applied, particularly alloy ones.

 

[5mall5nail5]

Yeah a rounded tip is fine - if you are using the sharp corners of a flat blade screw driver it's not the right tool

 

[Bill R.]

I don't like the rounded tip on that flat blade screwdriver.

I don't either, i want as much surface area in contact with the screw as possible, the blades i use fit the size of the screw and don't extend beyond the screw, to get full contact with those rounded edges the driver would have to be larger than the screw slot.

 

[franzdom]

Depends on the application. For counter-sink screws you would actually have more contact with this style than with square corners.

 

[Bill R.]

Depends on the application. For counter-sink screws you would actually have more contact with this style than with square corners.

Do you ever see flat blade counter sunk screws anymore? all i see countersunk is either philips,square drive, allen or torx.

I should clarify that statement, everything i see is automotive.

 

[franzdom]

Well another point is that although you wouldn't get full contact at the bottom of the screw you can still have it at the top of the screw which is where you need it anyway.

 

[Bill R.]

Well another point is that although you wouldn't get full contact at the bottom of the screw you can still have it at the top of the screw which is where you need it anyway.

Thanks but no thanks, i'll stick with my cleanly ground square edge screwdrivers

 

[Monte]

nice collection of luxurious tools !

 

[cbracer]

Do you ever see flat blade counter sunk screws anymore? all i see countersunk is either philips,square drive, allen or torx.

I should clarify that statement, everything i see is automotive.

All of my wall plate covers for electrical outlets and switches use countersunk slotted screws. And they are usually painted so the curved edges are good for that.

I've got a bunch of PB Swiss screwdrivers and love them!