Down here it was the big three major stores that dictate what can be on
display. KMS is starting to sell General and could not bring any to the
show. House of Tools had the General display. All in all most everything
was made off shore or at least looked like it. One big exception though.
An older man had a couple of glass display counters filled with old tools.
Mostly planes but a few other hand tools too. He sat quietly among the
masses content with his display. I stopped to speak to him and his eyes
would light up as he spoke of the tools and their history. A nice respite
from the rush of the show. Nothing at his booth was for sale. Just for
show.