I'm sorry to have to say this, but for those who may be thinking the Chinese supplier of these just tried to "fool" the stupid US buyers, I can say having worked with several Chinese and Asian suppliers in recent years, that is very likely not the case. The Chinese looked at some real bolstered screwdrivers, and very simply copied the appearance of them, in the lowest cost possible way (which would be with less steel and shorter lengths of it), for sale to us. They very likely just did not understand the purpose of the bolstered end and thought it more like decoration. You would not believe how many times I've had to explain very basic concepts like this to Chinese suppliers, who simply did not have anything like a clue as to function. Quality defects were rampant too. They were more than willing to improve and do things better, but did NOT ever volunteer that in anything they made, only after getting found out about it and in trouble from it would they consider any changes. It was like trying to get a factory full of high school summer interns to make complex quality products without managers who understood what the product needed to be. - Paul
