Are you at the Ferroforma all 4 days ? Please take 1000´s of photos
Please tell SNA that they should keep one brand with 100% spanish made tools![]()

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One door closes and another one opens. Bart, surf on over here and make somthing interesting with that handle!
Cooooññññoooooo!!!!
Didn't knew about any tools fair in Spain!!!
What the heck I'm doing here in my city visiting the Press-Graphic Arts fair while I could be in Bilbao visiting another much more interesting tools fair... helll, did I know before, I had been there in Bilbao.
The fault is yours Monte, for not telling it before![]()

yeeeah... (where's that BS flag smiley?). Because a large flathead is never used that way...
I'm not sure I'd want a whole new forum, but I wouldn't mind seeing this thread locked and a new sequel to it started, perhaps a couple of them to split it up a little bit...
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Oh, I like the fact this is the most active and longest thread on GJ, but it would be much more convenient to find things if we started up again with a new thread as a continuation![]()
Oh, I like the fact this is the most active and longest thread on GJ, but it would be much more convenient to find things if we started up again with a new thread as a continuation![]()
Made in EnglandToo bad you don't see much tools from there anymore
unless its a blade of some sort(knives, chisels, razors, etc.)
Made in EnglandToo bad you don't see much tools from there anymore
unless its a blade of some sort(knives, chisels, razors, etc.)
OMG!!!! That video you posted is just hilarious! 
I bought this Soviet-made 1/4" socket set on EBay a few years ago, mostly out of curiosity. The ratcheting handle has very low tooth count and has a rough feel to it. The chrome looks pretty good. Sockets are machined rather crudely. Tray insert is very thin and flimsy, making it hard to take out extensions.
Back in the day this set cost 17 rubles (the price is stamped on the tray insert). In prices of late 1980s, 17 rubles would buy 1.5 bottles of Stoli or about 80 loaves of rye bread.
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@Ilya,
That's very interesting; thanks for sharing.
Those cold forged sockets are quite crudely made, indeed. They spend minimal time in cleaning up the sockets before they get a chrome bathing.
The ratcheting handle is surprisingly quite similar to a Japanese one I have, under the brand "WISE". Same style handle. I should take pictures of mine and post it for comparisons sake.
As for the screwdriver: As I said in a PM I believe that you should not be able to destroy a screwdriver by the force of your own hands whatever you pry away on. Just my personal opinion.Those darn Hazets just break, anyway.
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Luckily, I have a dealer who goes above and beyond. Pretty disappointed with this, though.
Jens, I thought you weren't impressed too much with the Smart Case?
Oh I found this elsewhere on the forum.
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As for the screwdriver: As I said in a PM I believe that you should not be able to destroy a screwdriver by the force of your own hands whatever you pry away on. Just my personal opinion.
As for the smart case: I personally prefer the old-school design layout of the 853 and 854 series, but the look and feel of the smart case is very nice.
BTW: Only Porsche breaks Hazet, so it's not too bad ;-)
I'm thinking of getting a set of stahlwille 13 combis in metric to complement my AF 14s. I've been measuring my current import metric set, and the 13s are quite a bit shorter, even though my imports aren't 'long'. Could anyone with 13s, or maybe both, comment on their length. I dong want to buy a set of 13s and then feel handicapped by their length, but they buying 14s individually will cost a lot more!
I wish this stuff was more avaliable in the UK!
Please don't get POed at me I am just playing devils advocate here. I like this thread a lot. ... I love the Stahlwille stuff. I was unsure at first with all the hoop pla over hazet. IMO hazet have got nothing on the Stahwille but a soothing blue color. talk about drinking the kool aid.
I'm not sure I'd want a whole new forum, but I wouldn't mind seeing this thread locked and a new sequel to it started, perhaps a couple of them to split it up a little bit...
Speaking of Stahlwille and Hazet which is better? I know Hazet has nice boxes.
Bart strong like bull. I suspect tempering may not have been exactly right on this one.
Maybe you might have a chance to take some pictures of the smart case and standard set side by side?
"We dont need spares. Porsche cars, even when rally prepared, do not break".. (may be slightly off- think I quoted it once before in this thread)

Nice. I bought this after they started to outsource.
Oh I found this elsewhere on the forum.
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I was going through my box tonight and stumbled across my WISE pistol-grip ratcheting screwdriver and that got me thinking about the post above. I took a couple pictures:
The racheting is light and the ergonomics is right, but the tooth count is so low. Still works, but it's just a collection item.
It sits inside this tin box that came from Bremen, in northern Germany.![]()

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Speaking of Stahlwille and Hazet which is better? I know Hazet has nice boxes.
And here for all HAZET-Fans in this forum one of our HAZET Tool-walls.We have four walls all with 3 m lengh only using for HAZET.
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9144,
Do you know what is the specific function of the whole on the open end of the Facom stubby wrench? I have never seen something like it.
Thanks,
Dave
Staplerfahrer Klaus
a classic !
What tools do you plan to purchase ? What finish do you prefer ? etc....
@Monte have you heard of the comedian Michael Kessler? Anyways he did those "10 Dinge" skits on a show that I think was called Kessler's Knigge and he actually has one in a hardware store. It used to be on Youtube but was removed. You might try looking for it on a German language video site its pretty funny.
Also I'm looking at combination wrenches, box end wrench and some sockets.
I really like the older Hazet with the colour decal logo on them and the older Stahlwille with the "Stronger than Any Bolt" phrase its a shame the newer ones don't have those. For finish I prefer polished chrome but that seems to be an American/Asian thing.
Oh on that Hazet display case I noticed in the middle at the bottom a pair of hose clamps. Are they made in AU(looks just like the craftsman ones except different colour) and who is the OEM?
Oh I found this elsewhere on the forum.
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... where has this video hidden for all these years till now???Sigh...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1082400&postcount=61
This has been posted in this thread as well.
Stahlwille is good too, and I have a few of thier tools, but the "kool aid" comment might be a bit much.

In the 6 pack of 810 series drivers, the blue part is a rubber material. On the larger 802 series PH3 driver, the black part is rubber.![]()

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Those darn Hazets just break, anyway.
Luckily, I have a dealer who goes above and beyond. Pretty disappointed with this, though.
Jens, I thought you weren't impressed too much with the Smart Case?

Black & Decker chain saw from a buddy
But i don´t post all pics again
NOS Stanley chisels

These are from "pfred1" in GJ chat. Swiss airtool and Austrian plane.

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And here for all HAZET-Fans in this forum one of our HAZET Tool-walls.We have four walls all with 3 m lengh only using for HAZET.


NOS Stanley screwdriver