Thread: Craftsman Tools

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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Glenn

Our local Sears closed shop, and Lowe's is full tilt featuring crapman and completely phasing out kobalt..... They lost my loyalty when they ran quality into the ground shamelessly profiting off the brand, and sticking an entire generation with sub standard tools.

I hear ya - seems like the Craftsman of old is long gone. I have a set of long box wrenches - 3/8 up to 1-1/8 from my father (probably bought in the '50s?) and I still use them a lot. Points are nice and still sharp. Look at some recently and they just look cheep. I have tons of tools but occasionally, I need a one time/one off and I'll go to Harbor Freight.

Too bad about your Lowe's dumping Kobalt - they seem like decent quality at a reasonable price. I have also bought some Husky tools (Home Depot) and they're not bad.