Has anyone ever seen a Mac socket on which the Mac stamping is over top of Blackhawk Tools stamping? I recently purchased a fairly new but used set of Mac 1/4 drive Imperial 12 point sockets and the 7/16 is clearly a Blackhawk socket with full Mac stampings over top
Mac Socket stamped over Blackhawk
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Fedwrench
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I got a 3 piece locking universal joint set from Capri and the 3/8 is branded MAC Tools 
dnschmidt
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It's all a conspiracy. Why people think there are hundreds of manufacturers of the same thing I find amusing. In Taiwan, in particular, everybody buys certain products from one source as it makes the most sense. For example most of TOPTUL's digital torque wrenches are made by Eclatorq and all of their ratchets are made by William Tool. This is true throughout the industry. I use to walk the SEMA and AAPEX trade shows with Steve Fisher the owner of Astro Pneumatic and he would literally be swamped by salesmen from each Taiwanese company to come to their booths and see their new stuff. I'm surprised people find this trading of products unusual as I find it obvious.
WordMan
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Blackhawk is owned by Proto which is in turn part of The Stanley Works. Mac Tools is a part of The Stanley Works.
Dieselclunker
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global boo ha