21 Mar
2013
21 Mar
'13
3:26 p.m.
On 03/21/2013 02:59 PM, Mouse wrote:
Back when I was a kid, there was a brand of tool - I
think it was the
Sears house brand, but that memory is very fuzzy - that had lifetime
guarantees that meant something. My father once found one of their
wrenches in a ditch, corroded to the point where it was barely
recognizable. He took it in and they replaced it, no questions, no
fuss at all.
Sears is/was "Craftsman" and that guarantee may still hold on hand
tools--I'm not certain. At one time, Craftsman hand tools held their
own against the likes of K-D and Snap-On in the area of automotive tools.
About two years ago, I realized that I'd lost the Craftsman claw hammer
that I purchased in 1972. It was a fiberglass-handle model that had
excellent balance--one of those tools that feels like an extension of
your arm. For a time, I contented myself with using a fairly expensive
Dalluge hammer, but I couldn't take it. In desperation, I went to the
local Sears store and described the hammer to a clerk in the tool
department. He disappeared and came back with the new twin of my old
trusty hammer--the only visible difference was the coloring of the epoxy
in the "eye". Yes, it was still made in the USA after almost 40 years
and still game with the "if it breaks, we'll replace it" warranty.
I bought two of them. Subsequently, I discovered that I'd left my old
hammer on top of a sill wall between joists. So now I've got three.
--Chuck