Best place to buy tools....... & Torque Wrench Question???

[Jukie]

oohhh yes i am now 17% more sexier 

[loony888]

oh c,mon jukie! is that even possible?


paul.

[Spider]

I just came back from the country side...whilst I was there I  took the grinder (with buffing brass and polishing pads) to the Estwing hammer....I'm 23% sexier....I got the hammer to look better than a brand new one (and she's 12 years old). well pleased! 

(I also have an Estwing hatchet under the bed - how frickin sexy is THAT)

[Jukie]

oh c,mon jukie! is that even possible?

oh Paul you are so nice. for that you get these 

[bazz20]

(I also have an Estwing hatchet under the bed - how frickin sexy is THAT)

not as sexy as my grade v berretta , as for tools ill keep my old worn protos 

[Spider]

not as sexy as my grade v berretta , as for tools ill keep my old worn protos 

I take it Grade V is a rifle?

used to own a 92f pistol, absolutely beautiful machine that was...and that was their idea of utilitarian design...their show guns are even better (never seen any in the flesh but have seen in magazines).

[bazz20]

no its a hand made italian under and over shot gun 

[Big T]

no its a hand made italian under and over shot gun 

Hey Bazz some 30 years ago I used to shoot Trap with a Berretta U/O 12 gauge......

Loved that fine piece of engineering  ....... Wish I still had it....   

You still use yours??

[bazz20]

yes big t i own 2 berettas now silver pigeon grade v for field and a new ultra light for target work but lost the ultra light too the wifie she shoots trap with it and i shoot skeet and sim-field once a month , shot my first 50 straight at skeet last month now going for my 100 break badge  [thumbsup]as for the berretas the wood  was grown by the best virgins for a 100 years and the steel was hammer forged from the womb of mother earth her self 

[dragonworld.]

You seen this smartarse gents??? 

Beretta Shotgun

[bazz20]

yep dragon i taught him 

[dragonworld.]

Geeeez!!!     

[dragonworld.]

I want this one !! 

Particularly for Skeet shooting. 

AA-12. World's deadliest shotgun!

[Spider]

and regarding the original post....

don't you just hate tool shops these days....bunch of Chinese shit that isn't worth your time...I mean is it so hard to buy something of quality that you can hand down to your son?

I've picked up some tools lately that are over 40 years old and the quality is just brilliant compared to today's throw away crap...and this is fairly new development I have one tool store that used to be in Richmond and everything was Swedish, German with the occasional Russian bit....now...Taiwan and China.

you kind of get the feeling that there are brilliant tools out there....just not easily accessible by the public.

[dragonworld.]

Agree entirely R. 

I used to haunt the Sunday markets when they wer fair dinkum "trash and treasure" and bought great Dowidat ring spanners, Stahwille ringies and sockets. And along with the original (40+ year old.) Sidchrome stuff I inherited from my Father and Grandpa I have some really old but brilliant quality tools.

You cant even get Sidchrome to honour the Lifetime Gaurantee. (Actually I dont think that exists anymore??) The Sidchrome made in China stuff is shit!! We use the new Sidchrome at work and the ratchets are constantly breaking.