T-handle ball end hex key with nubbin

[babylou]

Who offers t-handle ball end hex keys with the little hex nubbin off the handle for high torques? Like the Craftsman ones below but not Chinafied.

 

[beamrider]

http://www.wihatools.com/300seri/334soft_mm.htm

 

[reptilezs]

park tool

 

[truckwrench1]

matco, mac, and snappy

 

[PAPERMAKER]

I like my chinafied Craftsman T handles like those, they have outlasted one set of Elkind t handles.

 

[Zeke]

Me like.

 

[Brownsfan]

I have the craftsman set and it's USA made. They are still out there. Just find a store that isn't that busy. I find a lot of USA nos at the franchised hardware stores. Usually better service. They ring you up without attempting to use those stupid IPads.

 

[devoncoolman]

bondus probably makes a set. i would try them.

 

[fr0mastaj]

Wiha makes a very nice set of what you are looking for.

Wiha 33496 8-Piece Soft Grip T-Handle Ball End Hex Metric
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002S0O9MK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

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[babylou]

I have the craftsman set and it's USA made. They are still out there. Just find a store that isn't that busy. I find a lot of USA nos at the franchised hardware stores. Usually better service. They ring you up without attempting to use those stupid IPads.

I'll give it a shot but I live in Houston and there are a lot of SOB's round here.

 

[babylou]

bondus probably makes a set. i would try them.

Bondhus does not make a set. If they did I would be all over it!

 

[babylou]

matco, mac, and snappy

I see the Snap-On set is made in Spain. Who would that manufacturer be?

 

[babylou]

Wiha makes a very nice set of what you are looking for.

Wiha 33496 8-Piece Soft Grip T-Handle Ball End Hex Metric
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002S0O9MK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

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How does Wiha compare in performacce to Bondhus? I consider Bondhus the Cadillac of hex keys.

 

[Monte]

I see the Snap-On set is made in Spain. Who would that manufacturer be?

Snap-On owns several tool companies in Spain www.snaeurope.com
here´s the "Palmera" Version:
http://www.palmera.com.es/castellano/catalogo/cap5.pdf

 

[chipper]

I have the craftsman set and it's USA made. They are still out there. Just find a store that isn't that busy. I find a lot of USA nos at the franchised hardware stores. Usually better service. They ring you up without attempting to use those stupid IPads.

God i hate checking out at sears it takes 10 times longer now

 

[Jim Johnstone]

The Park tools one are really high quality but only available in metric and torx, no SAE option on them.

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[wise]

I used the park tools for years, and they are very nice. They use Bondhus steel, but the handle is much nicer to use, and the stand mounts nice to a wall/pegboard/toolbox rather than sitting flat.

Worth there weight in gold if you work in a bike shop, or work on anything else with a million and one socket cap bolts.

 

[babylou]

So the Park are USA made with Bondhus steel? If so I know what I'm buying.

 

[Jim Johnstone]

So the Park are USA made with Bondhus steel? If so I know what I'm buying.

Yes but they only sell metric and torx not SAE.

 

[KinzeMech]

I have two sets of those Craftsman ones, from before the china thing. They're great, although I have stripped the ball end off a few of them, and just ground them down to be standard (ball-less?) hex key wrenches.
Maybe I should have gotten them warranted while open stock was still USA made...oh well...