Steve wrote:
> "Alex" <nospam.alex@cbmsys.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bn30i25m9n75td12vo7rgjkh8thllv47lg@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:15:22 GMT, "Derek"
>>
>> Without doubt the best spanners and sockets i have are Britool, and
>> not one of them is under 30 years old.
>>
>> Alex
>
> I actually rate my Japanese (yes, Japanese!) socket set rather highly. It's
> over 30 years old now, was bought from a catalogue (yep again, a catalogue
> which my mum used to agent for) when I was a brassic 17 year old with my
> first pride and joy - an 11 year old Austin A40, the original hatchback,
> that I bought for £50. The socket set is unlabelled apart from "Made in
> Japan", is still in its original tin box, has had a new ratchet handle
> because I lost the original in a scrap yard (dropped it between a pile of
> cars into some bottomless goop when changing a socket) and has just had to
> have a replacement 19mm socket bought as the original cracked a couple of
> weeks back whilst splitting a John Deere tractor in half. Oh yes, it has a
> full range of sizes; metric AF and Whit and has been well used over the
> years, quite often with a length of pipe increasing the leverage. However,
> for everything else it's Britool. Ones I'd definitely steer well clear of
> are King Dick, more often seen with a little arrow stamped on 'em somewhere,
> usually open-ended and usually made with something with the strength of
> cheese.
>
> Steve
>
>
I still have the complete, original tool roll that came with my Series. And that
includes a King Dick shifter in excellent condition. I really like them,
properly used they are really nice. I have a super slim version too that gets
places modern adjustables can't.
--
Karen Gallagher
"Reverse the polarity and invert the particle flux!"
"You mean put the batteries in the other way?"
"...yes."
-Star Trek (any of them)
