Tools in the UK

[Moose-LandTran]

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I thought as much about Camden market and don't need any of that stuff. Buck & Ryan looks good and I'll be staying in North London so I'll give it a go.

What part of North London?

 

[vssjim]

While you are there go to a King **** dealer and get a 150th aniversary set they still show some on the web site own a piece of English history and have good set of wrenches.

 

[ZRX61]

Tool dept at Selfridges, in the basement I believe...

 

[Lippyp]

I have a set of the Hellfrauds pro ratchet spanners and they've been very good. My stuff is a mixture of all sorts, I have a US made socket set I bought from Costco, Mastercraft I think, my torque wrench is a Sykes-Pickavent, some Sealey stuff, some Halfords and some older off brand stuff. I try and buy the best I can afford but that doesn't run to Snap-on etc. I may well spend some time this summer scouring car boot sales for older tools, usually plenty around if you're happy to scuffle through odd boxes under tables etc. Buying tools over here isn't as easy as it was but we have a good local engineering suppliers called K Supplies who stock a good range of pro quality tools.

 

[Krokodil]

@Lippyp: Do you get stuff from Cromwell?

 

[Lippyp]

This cromwell? http://www.cromwell.co.uk/aboutus/index if so no I haven't but it seems there is a branch fairly near me in Blackburn as well as mail order.

 

[Jononon]

Tool dept at Selfridges, in the basement I believe...

It's part of Buck and Ryan.