Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
I have said this about many products

I don't mind buying Chinese, but I won't pay "Quality Name" prices for Chinese products

I look to see where it and the components are made
This never occurred to me for some reason. A great point. I stopped buying some brands of knives for the same reason. Old Timer and Schrade used to all be made in the USA. Now, most are made in China and the quality reflects this. The last Old Timer I bought had a plastic handle that looked like stag (made in China). The one I bought years ago had real stag with an unconditional life time warranty. (Made in USA.) I guess I'll have to start researching my tools also.

I use the buffer and a small peening hammer from HF. Both cheap but have lasted (not much to go wrong on a peening hammer. Lol)