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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Epstein’s History

Friday, September 30, 2011

Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 1 (corrected to January 1907), showing Kansas City area bounded from the Kansas and Missouri State Line on the west, Cherry on the east, the Missouri River to the north, and East 43rd to the south. Also shows railroads, bridges, parks, and a cemetery. This is from [...]

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We will be closed Sept 29th (Thurs)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

We will be closed Thursday Sept 29th. Just in case you are wondering why no one is picking up the phone or answering your emails. We will be back on Friday.

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US Tape Closeout

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

So we recently got in some 100% USA tape measures from US Tape. Not everything they make is American made however. My dad couldn’t resist buying these tapes from them on closeout. They are imported but come with a few fancy features. We got a 1″ x 36′ self locking tape and a 5/8 x [...]

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Channellock Adjustable Wrenches

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

We pride ourselves on carrying USA adjustable wrenches, but when we special ordered these Channellock adjustables for a good customer of ours, we had to carry them to. They’re made in Spain by Irega and the quality is excellent. We will carry the 8″ adjustable and the 10″ adjustable.

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New Midwest Snip Deal

Friday, September 23, 2011

Lots and lots of different brands of USA snips but they all come out of the same place: Midwest Snip. The brands labeled are: Retterer, SK, Allway, Ridgid, Proto, Kraft, Bahco and Gray. Not huge quantities on any of these. Nice prices though. And all USA made.

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New Checkout Process!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

So, the day is finally here. We’ve been working pretty hard on this, so I hope it makes checking out a little easier (and more fun!) We made it just for you! So if you have any ideas or notice anything that could make it better, let us know! You can try it out by [...]

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Coming soon…Midwest Snip Deal

Friday, September 16, 2011

(Should be in Monday or Tuesday.) We bought a small deal from Midwest Snip for a lot of their private labeled snips. Brands will include: Ridgid, Bahco, SK, Gray, Mac, Armstrong, Matco, Kraft, and a few more. Should get the deal online by Tuesday or Wednesday. Deal includes aviation, offset, tinners, duckbill, utility, bulldog, magnesium [...]

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100% USA Tape Measure

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

That’s right. I bet you thought you’d never see one again, an American made tape measure. I’m not talking about being assembled here. I’m not talking about that tiny city in china called USA America. This is the real deal. All parts and all assembly, right here in this country. Do you remember way back [...]

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Wetterlings Splitting Wedge

Friday, September 9, 2011

You better buy these before I do. I only got two of them, just to see what they looked like, but I’m seriously thinking about buying them myself. I have a wood burning stove so I split wood all year long and these look like they’d really come in handy. They are razor sharp. I [...]

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750 Wright (WRIGHT GRIP) Metric Wrench Set

Thursday, September 8, 2011

I’ve had a number of customers ask me about when Wright was going to offer the Wright Grip feature on all of their metric wrenches. Well, today is the day. We just got in a complete metric Wright Grip wrench set. If you are not familiar with what WrightGrip is, here’s a pic of the [...]

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