On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:46:35 -0500, dpb you wrote:

01dyna wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:06:52 -0700, aspasia you wrote:
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Many years ago, Craftsman was limited to specific tools.

What do you define as "many"?

20 years or more...I have Craftsman tools handed down to me that
are *at least* that old and they are FAR better quality than the ones
sold today.


...Later, Sears
branched out to more mass produced items and well as one-off items
that are manufactured off-shore. When that happened, their quality
suffered, however their warranty still stands.

Hand tools ime are essentially the same quality they've always been and
the warranty is still applicable to Craftsman-labeled only, not
"Companion" or other lines.

...hogwash. You make this up as you go along. Do you know *anything*
about hand tools?


It would be hard to find any of the others of comparable pricing and
warranty that aren't made offshore also, including I strongly suspect,
the M M branded items from T V. There's even a reasonable prospect
they're made by the same outfits in the same factories, simply to
different spec's and branded per customer.

...nope..made in USA with forged steel.