Safest & Best Utility Knife: This has to be the best knife on the market,stored in a holster when not in use,blade cannot slide back when in use and spare blades stored in the...

allan catt Loc: gillingham,kent,uk

This has to be the best knife on the market,stored in a holster when not in use,blade cannot slide back when in use and spare blades stored in the handle,had it for years.

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Ollieboy

Looks like quality, unlike Harbor Freight crap.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Gasman57 wrote:

Looks like quality, unlike Harbor Freight crap.

What do you expect for a dollar two ninety-eight?

But there is an up-side to it.
If you only need a "saws-all" for one project,
get a $20 one and it should last the project.
Kinda like just renting one for a project.
Better than getting a $200 one and never using it again.

Ollieboy

Longshadow wrote:

What do you expect for a dollar two ninety-eight?

But there is an up-side to it.
If you only need a "saws-all" for one project,
get a $20 one and it should last the project.
Kinda like just renting one for a project.
Better than getting a $200 one and never using it again.

Sometimes that's true, but you have to factor in the good possibility of injury too since they're made like crap. I've been injured a few too many times by using inferior Chinese tools (especially sharp ones). No more though.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Gasman57 wrote:

You have to factor in the good possibility of injury too since they're made like crap. I've been injured a few too many times by using inferior Chinese tools. No more though.

Yes, all hell can break loose with something, even that "one in a million" best built machine.
Statistically very low, but could still happen.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Gasman57 wrote:

Sometimes that's true, but you have to factor in the good possibility of injury too since they're made like crap. I've been injured a few too many times by using inferior Chinese tools (especially sharp ones). No more though.

Are there any tools (or anything else for that matter) that aren't made in China, which includes Craftsman, Snap-on, Stanley and others.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

EdJ0307 wrote:

Are there any tools (or anything else for that matter) that aren't made in China, which includes Craftsman, Snap-on, Stanley and others.

GOOD QUESTION!

Ollieboy

The better Chinese tools have MUCH higher quality control. Some of the best bicycles in the world are made in China. The quality control man actually lives in the factory. That's the exception. Harbor Freight and the like are lucky there's a bathroom in the factory. Most Chinese products come under the no bathroom scenario.(maybe no roof too) 🤔

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Gasman57 wrote:

The better Chinese tools have MUCH higher quality control. Some of the best bicycles in the world are made in China. The quality control man actually lives in the factory. That's the exception. Harbor Freight and the like are lucky there's a bathroom in the factory. Most Chinese products come under the no bathroom scenario.(maybe no roof too) 🤔

Ya get what ya pay for.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

EdJ0307 wrote:

Are there any tools (or anything else for that matter) that aren't made in China, which includes Craftsman, Snap-on, Stanley and others.

https://www.protoolreviews.com/what-tools-are-made-in-the-usa/

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Gasman57 wrote:

Looks like quality, unlike Harbor Freight crap.

In what way are they, "crap"??

marvkaye

Longshadow wrote:

What do you expect for a dollar two ninety-eight?

But there is an up-side to it.
If you only need a "saws-all" for one project,
get a $20 one and it should last the project.
Kinda like just renting one for a project.
Better than getting a $200 one and never using it again.

When I do composite work (fiberglas, epoxy, etc) I only use disposable HF die grinders for my sanding tasks. The last thing you want to do when laying up structural composites is to contaminate them with any kind of oil, so I buy them with the express intent of running them without oil (something I'd never do with a "good" tool), knowing that I'll just toss & replace when they finally lock up. There's a time & place for just about everything <g>.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

marvkaye wrote:

When I do composite work (fiberglas, epoxy, etc) I only use disposable HF die grinders for my sanding tasks. The last thing you want to do when laying up structural composites is to contaminate them with any kind of oil, so I buy them with the express intent of running them without oil (something I'd never do with a "good" tool), knowing that I'll just toss & replace when they finally lock up. There's a time & place for just about everything <g>.

Yes, there's a place for everything.

Ollieboy

traderjohn wrote:

In what way are they, "crap"??

Engineering and design, cheapest materials that can be used, and NO quality control just to start.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

allan catt wrote:

This has to be the best knife on the market,stored in a holster when not in use,blade cannot slide back when in use and spare blades stored in the handle,had it for years.

I thought "Old Faithful" was in another part of the country