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Monthly Archives: August 2011

USA Bent Nose Slip Joint Pliers

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

I am excited to see the Moody tools I ordered as well as the USA tape measures, but until then, all I have new to offer is this 6 1/2″ Wilde bent nose slip joint plier. I found about 40 of them on the shelf.

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RC Winthrop Tool Sign

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Found this sign underneath some junk down the Metric Wright Combo Wrench aisle. Nobody here has ever heard of them or knows anything about a RC Winthrop Tool Co, but I thought it was a cool metal sign, probably from the 60′s. Anybody ever heard of RC Wintrhop?

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People of Kansas City!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Did you know that you can get on our website and place an order for pickup? That’s right. You don’t even have to give us any payment info. When you checkout, just choose “pickup” as your shipping option. If you don’t feel comfortable giving payment info online, you can choose “check”, and then pay with [...]

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Halls Arkansas Stones

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Just got a deal on these Arkansas stones. Great knife sharpening stones that come in soft or hard. If you are not familiar with Halls Arkansas Oilstones, they are the oldest supplier of Arkansas stone. The rock is mined around the famous Hot Springs, Arkansas in the Ouchita Mountains. It is the only place in [...]

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USA Sledge & Double Face Hammers

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

A trend we’ve been seeing lately is that if you look hard enough, you can find a US made tool for almost the same price as an industrial quality import. Take these Barco Engineer’s hammers for example. We were selling an imported version of this same hammer for around $10. The US version is $11.50. [...]

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Military Submarine Compasses

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sometimes we buy stuff without knowing exactly what it is we are buying. For instance, we bought an entire pallet of these compasses. We have been told that they are compasses for navy ships. We were told by another person that they looked like submarine compasses. They do have some chinese lettering on them, so [...]

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Coming Soon…

Thursday, August 4, 2011

We are working on a number of projects lately. The first being that we are about to unveil a completely revamped checkout process. It will be simpler and easier to use and of course it will look really cool. Also, we are about to start working on a special ordering option that let’s you browse [...]

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