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“Starter” Tool Set Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Blown 89" data-source="post: 16093079" data-attributes="member: 45161"><p>That's a somewhat false myth that is widely exaggerated. While it is true that some companies like Western Forge make a ton of different brands of screwdrivers, to say that there are only a few manufacturers in the world and most are made on the same production floor simply isn't accurate. For instance, in my manufacturer list of hand tool manufacturers there are 75 some odd individual forges and manufacturers. Break those down and you'll see a whole bunch of different manufacturing locations for each. Apex Tools for instance....has 30 some odd manufacturing plants throughout the world. Wiha, Wera, Beta, Knipex, Wright, etc. all make their own tools in their own plants and many have more than one plant. My uncle owned a steel forge up until he sold it in the 80's and he said each brand had it's own dies with it's own process specifications and grades of steels and whatnot. It used to drive him nuts when people would say that there are only a few manufacturers and a lot of them are the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blown 89, post: 16093079, member: 45161"] That's a somewhat false myth that is widely exaggerated. While it is true that some companies like Western Forge make a ton of different brands of screwdrivers, to say that there are only a few manufacturers in the world and most are made on the same production floor simply isn't accurate. For instance, in my manufacturer list of hand tool manufacturers there are 75 some odd individual forges and manufacturers. Break those down and you'll see a whole bunch of different manufacturing locations for each. Apex Tools for instance....has 30 some odd manufacturing plants throughout the world. Wiha, Wera, Beta, Knipex, Wright, etc. all make their own tools in their own plants and many have more than one plant. My uncle owned a steel forge up until he sold it in the 80's and he said each brand had it's own dies with it's own process specifications and grades of steels and whatnot. It used to drive him nuts when people would say that there are only a few manufacturers and a lot of them are the same. [/QUOTE]
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