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Monthly Archives: March 2011

15/16 Full Polish Wright Combo Wrench

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Just in! 15/16 Wright Full Polish 12 Point Combination Wrenches. We got a few hundred of these beautiful Wright wrenches.

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Martin Auto (Ford) Wrench

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

We already carry the Crescent Auto Wrenches, but they’re imported now, so we decided we just couldn’t live without the US made Martin. Just added it to the catalog today.

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Epstein’s Hammer Window

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Giant gold tools by Dale Eldred.

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Modded (Custom) Ratchets

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

So I look at tool forums pretty closely and I’ve noticed a trend where guys will take screwdriver handles and attach them to their ratchets. You can see pics of them here and here. I liked this idea so much that I’ve put in a few calls to US manufacturers to see what it might [...]

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Wiss, Crescent and Xcelite Deal (USA)

Monday, March 28, 2011

Well, thank god we got a new deal in. I was running out of material for this blog and was going to have to resort to telling hardware store jokes. This is another small deal, but we do have good quantities on the HS-1VC sheet metal seamer and the M56RP & M57RP flush cut pliers. [...]

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Facom Combination, Open End Wrenches

Thursday, March 24, 2011

My dad has the habit of what we refer to as “squirreling”. Have you heard of this? The term is most often used like this: “John squirreled away some money under his mattress.” My dad has a squirreling problem with new tool deals. Every time we get a deal in, he hides a box of [...]

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R. Murphy Knives

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The R. Murphy knives came in today and are online. We got two different size rubber knives, a stainless steel scalpel, The Pathfinder, The Hunter, The Fisherman’s Pal and The Skinner. These are top quality, economically priced Massachusetts made knives. If you’re not familiar with the R. Murphy Knife Co. they’ve been making knives for [...]

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Old Catalog Page of the Week!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

I would like to introduce a new section of the Epstein’s Daily Dispatch. If you haven’t guessed already it’s called the “Old Catalog Page of the Week!” I have old catalogs lying around here the size of dodge plymouths and every once in a while I will post a snapshot of one of these pages. [...]

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Crafting Supplies – Scrap leather

Monday, March 14, 2011

We have a warehouse full of scrap leather. It’s US made and cheap! We have a special deal with a leather manufacturer where we take all of their left over leather that they don’t know what to do with. This got me thinking that we have a lot of supplies that crafter’s love working with, [...]

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R. Murphy Knife Co. USA Knives!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

We already buy knives from Russell Harrington and Mora, but when we heard about R. Murphy Knives, we had to carry them to. They are a small US manufacturer in Ayer, Massachusetts that’s been making knives for over 150 years. I haven’t added anything to our website yet, but we are putting an order together [...]

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