New Snap On Pearl Blue

[Skin]

does anyone have the part number for the pearl blue pick set?

I think ASA204APB

 

[Tallpilot]

All kidding aside, I like the fact that SO makes different color handles. I can look in my drawer and know that 8" needlenose are red, bent nose are green, linesman are blue, etc. Beats seeing a sea of red handles and rummaging...

That's the most reasonable explanation I've heard.

It also helps with tool control in a multi tech environment when each tech sticks with one color. Falls apart after you have more than 4 techs, but in smaller shops there seems to always be the extreme green guy, the black guy, there red guy, the orange guy, and the oddball color guy and they usually know what's theirs and what isn't.

This has some validity but it seems to also fall apart when you change jobs unless you make sure your new shop doesn't have a guy already using your color. I guess you could put it on your resume'.

I freely admit I don't understand the fetish for different color hard handles. I suppose having your choice is nice, not having to settle for the sole factory color that you may or may not like.

Most of these additional colors appear to my untrained eye, to be targeted at some future Snap-on tool collecting guide, not as users unless Snap-on deliberately chose colors on their ability to show dirt/grease.

Regardless, there are probably some well-to-do retirees out there doing quick mental math, snapping these HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, RARE tools up for potential flipping fodder, and the 250% markup will ensure the tools are still on ebay in our children and grandchildrens lifetimes to show them a textbook "time capsule" tool.

I guess when you're a tool powerhouse like Snap-on, there comes a point when your line is pretty full by most standards, so the next focus will be their limited Designer edition wrench and screwdriver sets scheduled for release next year sometime. Famous designer names include Tommy Hilfiger, Coco Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Versace, Calvin Klein, and Louis Vuitton.

This is mostly how I feel about it and I have to chuckle at the guys falling all over themselves trying to swap out every tool they own when they decide they like a new color better and/or trading their box to get one that matches their tools then getting a matching service cart. Sheesh. This stuff is expensive enough without worrying about that.