On 2013-11-12, mike wrote:
On 11/11/2013 4:28 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:

So the early ones were made by a good company...now they are made in
Taiwan and China.

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Since you're the fount of all knowledge...
Riddle me this...
Is there any reason that Taiwan and China can't make quality stuff?
They get painted with the broad crap brush.
I understand that we get crap because we're only willing to pay for crap.
BUT,
is there any fundamental technical reason that people in one particular
country
can't/won't/don't make any quality stuff? Ever?

Well ... I remember when tools from Japan were cheap -- drill
bits made of "butter steel", and so on. At the time, they were making
excellent cameras (and cheap ones). I figured that they made good
tools, but nobody was importing those, because the cost would be similar
to tools made in the USA at the same period.

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Wiha....good tools.
Yeah, but unrelated to the question about Kobalt.

Strongly related to the *implied* question of "What do I get if
I want *good* tools -- in particular good small size torx screwdrivers
or wrenches?" (Which perhaps should have been made explicit.) I keep a
number of Wiha small screwdrivers in my belt pouch, including Torx,
straight and Phillips blades. And larger ones at my electronics
workbench.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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