On Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:46:39 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

I've been sniffing Xcelite (and similar) tools on and off for years, and I
always assumed the odor came from the handle, not the case.

It does. The ones without a case smell just as bad (just got a bunch
of screwdrivers at work last week).