Tools from the old world

[Rusik]

Norton
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[Rusik]

Poland

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[Blöckw@rt]

E-Top
Lux
Engelbert Strauss
Klauke
Kraftwerk
SW-Stahl "Premium"
Intercable
Houben
Felo (VDE)
Phoenix Contact
Silberspeer
Matador
Sonic
Benman
Würth
Berner
Technolit
Förch
Projahn
Circum
Padre
Carl Walter
BTI
Hansewerkzeug
Toom
Fakkt
Optiline (Richter & Frenzel)
Connex

 

[gedman]

Hi Roverbo! Thanks for your answer. I'm member in a motorbike forum and we looking to buy a cheap but good torque wrench for DIY use. I find it in Greece for 86.90 €. You pay only 20 € ??

These came in today, very happy!

Knipex 002011 Assembly Pack & Felo 410 96148 screwdriver set

good choice

 

[Ratchet.]

OK i have a fair bit to post on here, probably too much to go in one post,

I went to pick up those power tools that i mentioned a week or so ago, and while I was there got to look through the guys shed which he is clearing out, (was his fathers, who died a few years ago, he hasn't got much interest in most of the stuff (which he admits is a bit sad, but there you go) but wants it to go to a good home.

To say it was an Aladdin's cave would be pretty accurate, all sorts of old tools, mainly UK, USA and German made stuff too, and most of it in fantastic condition, a lot of it is woodworking related, but not all (and that interests me a bit anyway)

I will be going back in a month or so as he is keeping stuff for me that i couldn't afford to get this time

Anyway i came home which a lot more than i set out to, mostly power tools, plus some other bits, most of which is old UK and European made


anyway enough rambling, some pics of what i bought









Seems the guy was a fan of Wolf Drills as there are 4 in total, (there is a 60's(?) Cub drill that's not in that picture, and also a circular saw which I am picking up later) this is good as I'm a fan of old UK made wolf power tools (going to start a separate thread on them as i have others from before)

Also there is this German Bosch drill (which is rather well used, need to strip it to see what needs replaced, it also needs a new chuck)



and a newer Blue German made Bosch heat gun, a Japanese Makita drill and grinder,


An orange (70's?) Made in England Black and Decker drill, which i have already stripped and rebuilt to give to my father, by a stroke of luck I managed to source some old orange UK made cable to replace the damaged flex on it (sadly i only had enough to do the drill, I'm keeping an eye out for more to replace the damaged cords on other ones....),


And lastly for now this Italian made Black and Decker power nibbler



It has some heat/flame damage sadly, will be getting a full strip down and rebuild in due course (I will have to remedy the blistering to the plastic),
Interestingly it looks very similar in style to the ELU tools the guy had to,of which some were Italian made (the others were Swiss made), possibly manufactured by the same company?

*there is a 110v Hitachi grinder in there, but its a Malaysian made one.. how did that slip in (he has another hes keeping for now that was made in Ireland, didn't realize Hitachi ever made tools there)

some of them need a bit of tlc, couple have damaged cords etc (on a side note if anyone knows of where i can get UK or European made 2 and 3 core flex/cable give me a shout) but in general they have been very well looked after, (a lot of them were previously bought second hand apparently)


Other than whats in this picture I got few other power tools, including an ELU circular saw and a very nice German AEG 110v jig saw but my camera has decided to eat the pictures, I'm going to post some more detailed pics of some of them anyway (plus if anyone wants to see any in particular) so expect more soon....

 

[neophyte]

Black&Decker/Dewalt bought the Elu brand. After the purchase some Elu tools were then sold under the Black&Decker brand and then under the Dewalt brand. Some Black%Decker tools were also sold under the Elu brand. The shear/Snips you have appear to be one of the European designs.

 

[Blöckw@rt]

A Japanese boy Made in Ireland.

 

[garthg]

A Japanese boy Made in Ireland.

Welcome to the Global Village!

 

[user.nr.1]

1/4 ratchet diversity

 

[Blöckw@rt]

I still have a few more................. wrenches. ..................

 

[mrtools]

Wow! Sweeeeet
I love the old black handles!
that Swiss style tip is only on the 829-4 isn't it?

Thanks..me too
the catalog show they have more 829 series...

you should re-name yourself to Mr. Hazet

no.. I only own a few HZ tools

awesome HZ tools

thanks

"Victorinox Classic Alox"

I have one but in original Victo red

together with the new brothers + sisters stored in the backpack

nice it's your key chain collection?

@bahcoswed
Awesome..Flexi 29 I plan to get a set but prices too expensive for me, so how much you bought it?

found the CW-8 on their site and considered buying one before being a bit more reasonable with a small Ridgid RapidGrip instead...

nice, seriously it's really good .. got the pricesssss?

indeed, SunFlag that resells it to any brand that wants it: FPC, Engineer, etc. it's a really good design for my hand so i do not care who makes it as long as it's japanese!
i received the two Engineers after buying a Wiha 4mm Torx kit(T3 to T15) that came with a not-glued-straight extension(second time with this problem on a Wiha extension, first one was with a TorqueVario S 1/4" female adapter that was bend out of the box) and i don't like the Wiha handle: too plasticky and fluffy-like, the Engineer is more solid feeling and works fine with the Wiha bits too, so best of both worlds for my use.

You right!
that a good idea to combine 2 of them

who? me? nah... we're just repurposing our toolboxes and the japanese rats were on the list of nice things to get and try if the opportunity arised.

that a common answers from tools addict

stop teasing us with those swiss tips! i'm almost reconsidering my feeble position of "enough flat bladed screwies" for now...

soryyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! more pics later

Thank you, guys
My friend sometimes buys for me tools in Japan.

Congratulation you got a very good friend, Japanese girl

And here another Japanese made tools:
1/2" and 3/8" simple ratchets made by Tone.

Awesome simple but beautiful that is Japanese trade mark
btw: thanks to share the pics of your tools, and please post more

mrtools, do you know this guy in KL? looks like it might be worth a try to ask if he may have, in his NOSS(New Old Stahlwille Stock! ), one of those luscious green RollBox you've been lusting after for quite some time now, don't you think so?

As I know they have the big hardware shop in KL, but I don't know if he really keep the NOSS Stalhwille boxs, if they had I'm interested too
you can email and asked them.

My collection of water pump pliers.

Awesome, so which one do you prefer? Knipex or NWS

More Japanese wrenches - Asahi and Tone:

nice

anyway enough rambling, some pics of what i bought

Awesome
Congratulation very nice collections

 

[mrtools]

my big bosch

 

[Blöckw@rt]

Awesome, so which one do you prefer? Knipex or NWS

I like the NWS´s a little bit more, but the Cobras are also awesome.

 

[Monte]

This is a copy Bosch Typ 1590

Good job

My friend sometimes buys for me tools in Japan.

very nice !!!!

Anybody knows who manufactures this torque wrench. Unior or Taiwan?

i don´t know but the design looks like a standard tool from Taiwan or China....
ok handle looks a bit different:
http://www.rungsee.com/E/body.php?web=14&PNo=2008030047

edit:
here´s the Aldi wrench....Lidl sold it too 14.99€...

Hi Roverbo! Thanks for your answer. I'm member in a motorbike forum and we looking to buy a cheap but good torque wrench for DIY use. I find it in Greece for 86.90 €. You pay only 20 € ??

87.-€ ...cheap ???

check this out:
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_odkw...313&_nkw=carolus+drehmomentschlüssel&_sacat=0

Fakkt Monte!! You post it a few years ago!

ooops Sorry Thanks !!

OK i have a fair bit to post on here, probably too much to go in one post,

very nice haul more pics pls
btw. what happened to Wolf tools ??

no.. I only own a few HZ tools

like 50% of your tools ??

I have one but in original Victo red

red is nice too, but i prefer the metal ones
Metal > Plastic

nice it's your key chain collection?

yep my new hobby ...i just started it

my big bosch

sweet

 

[Ratchet.]

very nice haul more pics pls
btw. what happened to Wolf tools ??

Thanks, really pleased with what I got
Will get some more posted up soon I have been taking some better ones as i clean up the stuff i have

Wolf tool have been through a few hands since the 80's, they were bought up by kango tools (i believe this is the era that my red Wolf 110v grinder came from, which i've had for a few years)

Kango was subsiquantly it was bought up by Atlas-Copco, who later bought AEG and Milwaukee in 2003 they were than sold off to a Hong Kong firm called TI, not sure what happened after that as AEG seems to be german owned again, so i guess TI sold them off, the Wolf name and branding is currently owned by a company called UK home shopping, sadly (though not really surprisingly) the tools that use the old Wolf name are all Chinese and Indian made (these are the yellow and black ones you often see on ebay etc)

Its a real shame as the old ones are quality items

Found most of the info here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/f13/what-happened-wolf-11867/index3.html

 

[Alfajuj]

Thanks..me too
the catalog show they have more 829 series...

Yes, I would love to get my hands on some of those old 829's with swiss tips.

Those have been out of production for a long time.

I guess I'll get PB Swiss or Witte instead.

 

[neophyte]

Yes, I would love to get my hands on some of those old 829's with swiss tips.

Those have been out of production for a long time.

I guess I'll get PB Swiss or Witte instead.

Does anybody know if the German companies that make Swiss tip screwdrivers actually make their own blades? Or do they just buy blades from PB Swiss/Baumann and put their own handles on them?

 

[Monte]

Wolf tool have been through a few hands since the 80's, they were bought up by kango tools (i believe this is the era that my red Wolf 110v grinder came from, which i've had for a few years)

Kango was subsiquantly it was bought up by Atlas-Copco, who later bought AEG and Milwaukee in 2003 they were than sold off to a Hong Kong firm called TI, not sure what happened after that as AEG seems to be german owned again, so i guess TI sold them off, the Wolf name and branding is currently owned by a company called UK home shopping, sadly (though not really surprisingly) the tools that use the old Wolf name are all Chinese and Indian made (these are the yellow and black ones you often see on ebay etc)

Its a real shame as the old ones are quality items

Found most of the info here: http://www.woodworkforums.com/f13/what-happened-wolf-11867/index3.html

ah thanks !
btw. TTI still owns AEG http://www.ttigroup.com/
Some of the Kango tools are still sold through Milwaukee
http://www.milwaukeetool.co.uk/tools/corded/hammers/
But the Kango factory in England also closed a while ago and the production was outsourced to Germany and later to the Czech Republic. The Milwaukee dude i talked to a while ago said that the Kango factory still was using machines from the 1960´s so they had to close it...






workpiece supports for the band saw



"Ponal" Germany´s most famous wood glue www.Ponal.de



Long Witte bits

 

[cosmik binturong]

nice, seriously it's really good .. got the pricesssss?

of the Ridgid or the HIT chain wrench?

the Ridgid was a local buy for 28€ shipped and i've found the HIT CW-8 there for a nice price(you should look at the promotional international shipping offer from Rakuten Japan right now: the first ¥5000 of shipping are free and you can place almost any number of order from each Rakuten shops too so if all your orders stay under 4kg each there's no shipping charge... you can finally get all those Toyo toolboxes you ever wanted for the japanese price! )

that a common answers from tools addict

well, since this time we couldn't do otherwise, it suits our new goals perfectly and our quality tool addiction too!

monte, you need that for your keychain: *click!*

 

[Miskin]

Mundial PZ1 & PZ2 screwdrivers. Cost me 10.90 € local dealer. I think is expensive especially if are not made in Italy.
http://www.mundial-casartelli.it/utensili-tools.html

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No COO, I like the blade but the handle looks like low quality. Compared with
BETA PH1 & slot screwdrivers. No COO either.

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BETA long nose pliers

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I'm pretty sure that these pliers are made in Asia. Not appear well in the photo, but the nose is broken and chrome peeled.

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[mrtools]

I still have a few more................. wrenches. ..................

A few??????
nice tools wall
I'm interested with your "translucent red" handles, I means Diagonal cutter + bend nose pliers. So it's a Germany made Belzer or what?

I like the NWS´s a little bit more, but the Cobras are also awesome.

Ok thanks

like 50% of your tools ??

maybe

red is nice too, but i prefer the metal ones
Metal > Plastic

you right

yep my new hobby ...i just started it

Great!!
you should add some of this Japanese key chain

Yes, I would love to get my hands on some of those old 829's with swiss tips.
Those have been out of production for a long time.
I guess I'll get PB Swiss or Witte instead.

that a good idea

Long Witte bits

nice how long 65mm?

of the Ridgid or the HIT chain wrench?

HIT

the Ridgid was a local buy for 28€ shipped and i've found the HIT CW-8 there for a nice price(you should look at the promotional international shipping offer from Rakuten Japan right now: the first ¥5000 of shipping are free and you can place almost any number of order from each Rakuten shops too so if all your orders stay under 4kg each there's no shipping charge... you can finally get all those Toyo toolboxes you ever wanted for the japanese price! )

free international shipping
Thanks for the information, that a good deal

well, since this time we couldn't do otherwise, it suits our new goals perfectly and our quality tool addiction too!

I'm pretty sure that these pliers are made in Asia. Not appear well in the photo, but the nose is broken and chrome peeled.

I'm sure it's Taiwan made pliers

 

[2oolhound]

This Just In ... ... ...

Hazet Releases New (Again) 600 Series Combo (Open Box) Wrenches in FULL CHROME for the North American Market!!!

The chrome isn't as shiny and polished as Armstrong or snappy but not the two tone we're used to.

Photo is Full Chrome on Bottom with some Standard 600 Style Wrenches on Top for Comparison.




Stay Tuned.... More Photos On The Way....
















OK



OK



OK


Who smells a rat?

OK, I'll come clean, Hazet isn't making shiny chrome wrenches I just made these look that way, here's the true story....

Bought a set of whitworth wrenches on line through someone else who really bent over backwards for me so I could get these and they turned out to worse than I could see in the photos in the original ad:



I decided to try to get rid of some rust with a vinegar soak which worked it's way under the chrome and really made the chrome peel. The wrenches were uncomfortable to handle now because of the peeling chrome on most of them so there was no turning back.





I wire wheeled 1/2 the chrome off this one in front in a minute or so, it peeled cleanly off.



I'd been through so much to get these dam things I was determined to do what ever I could (short of re-chroming them) to save them as they cost me enough already.





Out of 7 wrenches only 2 were useable in their present condition so I brushed the chrome off the 5 bad ones and buffed them up:



Here's the full set with the 2 I left alone. I'll do them if they start peeling.



I'll wipe them down with an oily rag and keep an eye on them but I'm happy now and will get good use out of my "SPECIAL EDITION FULL CHROME HAZET WRENCHES."

 

[Blöckw@rt]

I'm interested with your "translucent red" handles, I means Diagonal cutter + bend nose pliers. So it's a Germany made Belzer or what?

The diagonal cutter is from Cimco and the band nose plier from LUX made by NWS.

 

[archirelic]

The diagonal cutter is from Cimco and the band nose plier from LUX made by NWS.

Everytime I see those rebadged NWS pliers by Lux, I want them!!! Howabout i send you a shopping list & cash!?

 

[Blöckw@rt]

In my territory, there are within a radius of 30 kilometers (18,64 miles) about 10 shops sell the lux or rebranded stuff, but none which has the original NWS.

In my case the "originals" are more valuable.

 

[north]

This Just In ... ... ...

*snip*

Those turned out just great. Job well done.

 

[Mr MoAiZo]

Bahco adjustable wrench

Hello guys,
this thread is going on and on, I can't believe it!
780 pages!

I want to share a tool with you that I use quite regularly - my Bahco 8070 6" adjustable wrench. But as I looked closely at the wrench I did not see a COO.
Does anybody know where they are made?

Here are pictures of it:
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/3256/20130512001.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img339/2371/20130512002.jpg

Kind regards

 

[JoeMk1]

I believe that they are now made in Spain.

 

[Ratchet.]

Re: Bahco adjustable wrench

Hello guys,
this thread is going on and on, I can't believe it!
780 pages!

I want to share a tool with you that I use quite regularly - my Bahco 8070 6" adjustable wrench. But as I looked closely at the wrench I did not see a COO.
Does anybody know where they are made?

Here are pictures of it:
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/3256/20130512001.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img339/2371/20130512002.jpg

Kind regards

I'm not 100% sure about that one, but I have the version with the rubber coated handle and it had made in Spain on the packaging (cant remember if the wrench is marked though, will have to look)

 

[Ratchet.]

you should add some of this Japanese key chain

Been looking for some of those Asahi light spanners for years, do you know where i can buy them? (the other tools look cool too....)

 

[Alfajuj]

This Just In ... ... ...









I'll wipe them down with an oily rag and keep an eye on them but I'm happy now and will get good use out of my SPECIAL EDITION FULL CHROME HAZET WRENCHES.[/SIZE]

Brilliant!
Some of those wrenches are from the early 1950's
The ones with the elongated "L" underline are from 1950-1956.
So you'll have to forgive the peeling chrome.



I see you've got some late model metric 600 series. Have you got an extra 27mm? I'm short that one size to make a full set.
Old 600 series are like hen's teeth out there!
Anybody out there can help?

 

[Alfajuj]

Here are some Hazet items I have recently picked up:

625 series box wrenches:

Hazet 612 series flare nut wrench

Hazet 900 TZ-26
1/2" drive deep socket, 12 point, 26mm
These are the most beautiful deep sockets ever. I've got to get the full set of these!

Hazet 2100/7P L-Hex Key Set in pouch
Standard length
It's a really handy pocket-sized set.

BTW I've got a bunch of Hazet stuff for sale in the classifieds

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3106812#post3106812

 

[cosmik binturong]

Been looking for some of those Asahi light spanners for years, do you know where i can buy them? (the other tools look cool too....)

like there: *click!*

free international shipping under ~2.5kg if you register on the global site now and order on the 14th...

and no, i do not have any interest in that Rakuten racketeering. only a, mmmm, growing addiction.

 

[Ratchet.]

like there: *click!*

free international shipping under ~2.5kg if you register on the global site now and order on the 14th...

and no, i do not have any interest in that Rakuten racketeering. only an addiction.

Thanks will probably have a set of them soon then

Looks like that site could prove expensive (the translated into English title made me laugh though.. i have no idea how it got that mangled )



Some more pictures of old old world power tools from my recent haul

My partner has commandeered this one a West German made Black and Decker Palm sander, (so probably Pre 1990 back when B&D made good tools...), its in great condition, don't recall seeing B&D stuff in this color before though.










Next another Black and Decker product, this time a made in England D520 2 speed drill

Not sure when this one dates back to, but my father had a virtualy identical one but in the green/blue colour they used to come in and it was an 80's one, so I guessing this is older, maybe 70's?







love the "for service see yellow pages' on the data sticker


This one needed a bit of tlc, I replaced the power cord as it was damaged, (by luck i had found length of cable at work from a discarded extension lead, that was in the right colour, and even made in England )

other than that all it needed it a good clean up and re-affixed the stickers as they had come adrift, then gave it all a good clean up, the gearbox internals are like new, even the grease was clean, seems they made these really well, unlike a lot of their current products

What I would like to find for it is the secondary handle, and one of those the holders for the chuck key that fix to the power cable (i have looked online and drawn a blank so far, without buying one from America and paying £10 in postage)

This one is going to my father as his old b&d drill was in poor condition, the main drive shaft was bent so the chuck wobbled around (I remember it always being like that as a kid), and it was discarded a few years ago before I thought about fixing power tools



lastly for now is this, which was a real find imho

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A two speed Wolf 'super' drill

I'm not entirely sure of the model name and era of this as information about UK made Wolf tools is sadly hard to come by, but from what i have found out so far it dates from the 1960's, This version seems to have replaced the earlier Cub drill which is a bit more well known.

To confuse matters Wolf has used many color schemes, from what i have found out this particular color appears have been used for it's "industrial" line, so this appears to be a industrial variant of of its consumer drills,
(if anyone knows better id love to hear)


I have seen examples of this drill in different colors, often red and cream, like this one:

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have also seen them with the cream part in a silver hammered finish instead.

Interestingly the red part is plastic, and on my version its painted blue with the rest of the drill (this is an original color as i have seen others the same)

Its in as great condition, has been really looked after, I'm not sure what the piece of cloth tape with "5/16 whit" is referring to, i was going to remove it but its covering some minor scratches, plus adds to the history i guess

Other than oiling the bearings (it has oil points for that) and replacing the plug with a more era correct UK made one (to be fair it would have probably used the old style round plug originally) its as i got it, works great too, i may give it a strip down to check the grease in the gear box though, and i am on the lookout for the side handle to fit it (seems they are often missing, so may have to machine my own)

 

[cosmik binturong]

Thanks will probably have a set of them soon then

Looks like that site could prove expensive (the translated into English title made me laugh though.. i have no idea how it got that mangled )

no need to thank me, we're trawling the tools section for our next orders on two computers right now...

Some more pictures of old old world power tools from my recent haul

love the "for service see yellow pages' on the data sticker

very nice and thoughtful of them to put that useful advice there.

lastly for now is this, which was a real find imho








A two speed Wolf 'super' drill

I'm not entirely sure of the model name and era of this as information about UK made Wolf tools is sadly hard to come by, but from what i have found out so far it dates from the 1960's, This version seems to have replaced the earlier Cub drill which is a bit more well known.

To confuse matters Wolf has used many color schemes, from what i have found out this particular color appears have been used for it's "industrial" line, so this appears to be a industrial variant of of its consumer drills,
(if anyone knows better id love to hear)


I have seen examples of this drill in different colors, often red and cream, like this one:



have also seen them with the cream part in a silver hammered finish instead.

Interestingly the red part is plastic, and on my version its painted blue with the rest of the drill (this is an original color as i have seen others the same)

Its in as great condition, has been really looked after, I'm not sure what the piece of cloth tape with "5/16 whit" is referring to, i was going to remove it but its covering some minor scratches, plus adds to the history i guess

Other than oiling the bearings (it has oil points for that) and replacing the plug with a more era correct UK made one (to be fair it would have probably used the old style round plug originally) its as i got it, works great too, i may give it a strip down to check the grease in the gear box though, and i am on the lookout for the side handle to fit it (seems they are often missing, so may have to machine my own)

wow! i really dig that small Wolf drill, might redo my small blue Wolf bench grinder when i get it back from Marseille and have some time to kill...

isn't that "5/16 Whitworth" the threading of what's going in the secondary handle threaded hole?

 

[Ratchet.]

no need to thank me, we're trawling the tools section for our next orders on two computers right now...


very nice and thoughtful of them to put that useful advice there.




wow! i really dig that small Wolf drill, might redo my small blue Wolf bench grinder when i get it back from Marseille and have some time to kill...

isn't the 5/16 Whitworth the threading of what's going in the secondary handle threaded hole?

You know i hadn't thought of that, could well be. I will have to find a 5/16 whitworth bolt to try it now

 

[Blöckw@rt]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3106812#post3106812

HaFu long L-hex key sets
I know "HaFu" sounds like some Chinese company but they're not!
HaFu is from Breckerfeld,Germany. (The name comes from the initial of the founder Hans Jürgen Fuhrmann as pronounced in German: "Ha" = H, "Fu" = F. Just like Hazet is from Hermann Zerver, "Ha" = H, "Zet" = Z)
HaFu is one of the best, if not the best hex key manufacturer in the world. They OEM for top brands like Hazet and Elora, etc.

This rebranded Connex long L-hex key set is also made by Hafu.

Top quality and still relatively low priced.

 

[Alfajuj]

Yeah,
I've got this mushrooming collection of hex keys. -metric SAE and torx.
I don't know why I keep buying them, but whenever I see a quality hex key set, I buy it. Whenever I see old tools with "W.Germany" on them, my buying resistance disappears.
I've got 5 HaFu sets, 2 Wiha, 2 Hazet, some loose Elora, Schroeder, Bondhus T-handles, HaFu T-handles, Wiha T-handles. It's all just completely out of control.


I really wonder what I'm doing sometimes

 

[Blöckw@rt]

I really wonder what I'm doing sometimes

I feel with you 100%


I love my red giant from VBW (Stahlwille group)

The blue giant by Dako/GEDORE

 

[Alfajuj]

Here's a few photos of my hex keys:

There's Wiha, HaFu, Bonhus, Schroeder, Elora, Heyco, Hazet
The Wiha Prostar set is the set which I usually reach for first.

Sadly, I was not able to save the finish on these Heyco XZN and RIBE keys. They rusted like that sitting on the shelf in a hardware store. The Taiwanese climate is not forgiving to chrome plating.


I've got 1/2" Elora and 3/8 Hazet sockets, too.
For some reason, these sockets are one of the few Elora items you can find in Taiwan.

I also scored some new Hazet stuff:
Most of a set of nut drivers:

Some Hazet 603 in inch sizes, these are very hard to come by as they've been out of production for many years.

Hazet end cutting pliers. These will clean up nicely.
Hazet pliers are beautifully made.

check my classifieds, too.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3106812#post3106812