![]() Many of the general hand tools from Allen and Armstrong are ridiculously cheap, good old stock from Irwin, Lenox, Dewalt, Pony/Jorgensen, Ideal, and there’s some stuff from Kobalt and Gearwrench and a handful of others as well. ![]() There’s some great stuff on there and some that is just a fun trip back in time to view again. They have an ebay store or you can browse and buy on their website, same pricing, little bit more selection on their site. I only mention this because I just ordered a bunch of stuff and apparently I’ll be getting one of these whether I wanted it or not. Looks like it’s probably on par with the stuff from Coast and many china brands (that is to say……serviceable with some attention). If you buy $50 of stuff they are sending a free cheapie multi-tool. Left field: if you or your son need some tools, Cripes Distributing has a lot of great NOS and US tools at liquidation pricing. Schrade also makes a superb inexpensive OTF knife. Also, the file in particular is super high alloy steel, so remember to keep a light coating of oil on it or it will rust before you blink twice. The only downside is that the lock on the tool is different than any other, and it’s a learning curve in that you have to both learn it, and remember it. This Schrade tool is it’s equal in all things but the price IMO. Unlike the Leatherman Titanium Charge which is too expensive to use. Love them for car carries and if I lose it I don’t care. I have multiples of both versions, and in fact, when the Chinesium models were on sale for $13 bought a crapload for christmas presents 2-3 years back. ![]() The identical multi they make is as good, if not better, than when it was USA made. Schrade went under and a chinese company bought them and moved the tooling to China. When Scrade was a domestic company, they were (literally) the most expensive tool on the market. The best budget multitool, hands down, is the Schrade “tough tool” at $19 and change.
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