A lot of Husky and Kobalt stuff.wrenches, socket, screwdrivers etc are now made in China. I went to buy my dad a small 3/8' drive set for Fathers day and was hard pressed to find a decent USA set. If I'm going Chinese I'd just hit Harbor Freight.they offer a lifetime warranty on most hand tools. Also if you have estate auctions in your area give them a try. I scored a ton of MAC, Snap On, Proto and Plomb stuff for $60 last week.

Check out the tool forum. Also the pass/fail thread on the same forum. I make my living with Snap On but only because that's what Uncle Sam buys.

I was all Craftsman when I worked at a dealership. At home I have a mix of Proto Mac Stanley Craftsmen Harbor Freight Husky SK and who knows what all. My experience has been that the Harbor Freight stuff holds up just as good as anything else as far as sockets/wrenches/basic hand tools.

Not big on they're ratchets. The only thing I steer clear of from them is electrical or pneumatic tools. I bought a 4.5' grinder from them once, fired it up, and the head flew out of the body. No screws in it. I have a Husky generator that's 3 or 4 years old that has kept my house going in the winter when the power goes out and have had 0 trouble out of it.

Check out the Garage Journal tool forum. Its also made by Stanley tools,, same Stanley that makes tape measures and Hammers TheRealSundance. Field Marshal.

Estate sales, swap meets, pawn shops, and internet are the best places to find older, AMERICAN made hand tools at great prices. Husky is fine for home use, but most of their stuff is made in China now anyway.

Frankly, if I can't find good US made tools at a good price from the above places (and they'll be used but that's fine) then I will either go to Harbor Freight, or Sears. Why pay extra for a tool with a 'more respected' name, when it too is made in China just like the Harbor Freight stuff? To hell with that. I'll go to Sears for Craftsman if I want a better tool since it will be easy to replace. This is a critical factor for me, ease of replacement. I have some Snap-On tools in my small tool box, but I bought those because I don't abuse them and expect them to last a couple of life times. The stuff I use/abuse/don't care about is HF or sometimes Craftsman.

Pretty sad that it's getting more and more difficult to find a decent, American made hand tool these days. Originally Posted By A_G: Estate sales, swap meets, pawn shops, and internet are the best places to find older, AMERICAN made hand tools at great prices.

Husky is fine for home use, but most of their stuff is made in China now anyway. Frankly, if I can't find good US made tools at a good price from the above places (and they'll be used but that's fine) then I will either go to Harbor Freight, or Sears. Why pay extra for a tool with a 'more respected' name, when it too is made in China just like the Harbor Freight stuff? To hell with that.

I'll go to Sears for Craftsman if I want a better tool since it will be easy to replace. This is a critical factor for me, ease of replacement. I have some Snap-On tools in my small tool box, but I bought those because I don't abuse them and expect them to last a couple of life times.

The stuff I use/abuse/don't care about is HF or sometimes Craftsman. Pretty sad that it's getting more and more difficult to find a decent, American made hand tool these days.

I think that is why Harborfreight and other cheap tools, and all things Cheap get a reputation for being crappy.The 'good stuff' is not used hard and the cheaper stuff does repeatedly. In reality it gets more use and sees harder jobs than the pricey stuff. Causing it to 'break so fast' or be 'crap'.

Note: i am not knocking you, I do the same thing.

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