some of the collection

[dieselmike]

I buy stuff at pawn shops,, swap meets, craigslist, ebay etc. got some from my grandpa too. rip.

bluepoint 1 1/8 usa, gray canada 27mm, blue point canada 1 1/16, blue point usa 1 1/4, snap on canada 1 5/16

gray canada new socket sets: metric deep 1/2dr 10-23mm, std shallow 1/2dr 3/8-1 1/4, 3/8dr std deep and shallow 3/8-1"

heres a closeup of some of the sockets.

1/2" :easco 15" usa, s-k 10" usa. 3/8": snapon f80canada, couple craftsman V's and a 1/4 craftsman V

8" craftsman crescent, and 6" challenger of canada

 

[dieselmike]

 

[dieselmike]

 

[dieselmike]

 

[jethro29]

sweeeeeeeeeet tools man.

 

[Gregg33]

Love the Gray and Snappy, can never have too much of either!

 

[pipsters]

I like that Canadian stuff. My wife is from Winnipeg, maybe one day if I can find a cheap enough CA produced socket set I will give them to her parents for Xmas or something.

 

[lbgradwell]

Some very cool stuff there!

The first Canadian SO angle wrenches and Blue-Point OE wrenches I've seen...

Are the Octo-Grips Cdn too?

 

[fflintstone]

that 1/2" EASCO would look better in my toolbox.

 

[RM209]

Nice Plomb and Proto!

 

[dieselmike]

thanks guys, the octogrips are USA. the adjustable "challenger of canada" is forged in USA.

 

[lbgradwell]

the adjustable "challenger of canada" is forged in USA.

The "challenger of canada" adjustable was made in the USA?! That's bogus.

You will have noticed that the Challenger tools you have are labelled in 3 ways. In case you're interested, the progression over time was:

1. challenger OF CANADA
2. PROTO CHALLENGER CANADA
3. CHALLENGER BY PROTO CANADA

 

[dieselmike]

i didnt know about the progression.... thanks!
i guess the same goes for proto canada, proto of canada etc.

 

[whelenfan]

great collection! I really dig the blue point supremes! Thanks for showing us.

 

[jabberwoki]

Disgusting tool *****

 

[Elroy]

Disgusting tool *****

Yep

And there's not a POS in the whole bunch

 

[Gregg33]

The "challenger of canada" adjustable was made in the USA?! That's bogus.

You will have noticed that the Challenger tools you have are labelled in 3 ways. In case you're interested, the progression over time was:

1. challenger OF CANADA
2. PROTO CHALLENGER CANADA
3. CHALLENGER BY PROTO CANADA

My uncle has alot of the "Challenger of Canada". Where was it sold? When was it phased out (the Cdn made stuff)? What was the quality level of it compared to Gray and other common brands of the day?