In 2011 when I dragged my '69 Dodge out of the woods, before trying to start the engine I wanted to see if I could turn it over manually. For that I needed a breaker bar and a 1¼" socket. I'd normally buy stuff like that online to get a brand I want at a [usually] better price, but I was anxious to see if that old 318 would start, so I went to the local auto parts store (I think it was Carquest at the time; it's Advance Auto now), and Powerbuilt is the brand they carried. I was hoping for Blackhawk, because that's the brand they used to carry, at least in the '80s and '90s, but no such luck.
In any case, the big 1¼" 6-point deep socket, which I only used that one time, seems nice enough. It rings like a bell if you tap it with a piece of metal, and the full-polish chrome and machining look good. The 24" breaker bar looked nice when it was new, and has always worked fine, but it has some spots where it rusted through the chrome. Granted, I've kept it in the trunk of my car (for use as a lug wrench) since 2011, but chrome plating that's truly good quality should be able to stand up to that without the steel rusting. The chrome-plated bumpers on my car are over 50 years old and have been completely exposed to the elements for all that time and they haven't rusted.
