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Category Archives: Made in the USA

Knoxville (USA) Work Gloves

Monday, June 17, 2013

Knoxville Gloves is a small USA glove manufacturer located in Knoxville, Tennessee. They primarily make gloves for ironworkers and millwrights, but if you are looking for a great work glove, you might check them out. Here we have a leather palm glove. Right now it comes in Medium and Large, but soon we will also [...]

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Wilde USA Combo Screwdriver

Thursday, June 13, 2013

A lot of the products that we’ve added to the website in the last year have been suggestions from our online customers. This is yet another example. (Thanks Steve!) We are now carrying this Wilde 6 in 1 quick change combo screwdriver. American made of course and selling for less than $6. 3/16 & 5/16 [...]

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USA Wire Brushes & More!

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Awhile back a customer of ours requested that we start carrying USA wire brushes. We immediately thought of a little known US company called The Magnolia Brush Co. that makes all sorts of domestic brushes. In business since 1907 Magnolia still makes great quality USA brushes. The brush you happen to be looking at is [...]

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USA SS Cup Brush Closeout

Monday, April 29, 2013

Just got a new closeout deal in on a variety of USA wire cup brushes. They come in Pfred boxes but with Advance Brush stickers. Most are stamped Advance USA. Above brush is a 6″ knotted Stainless steel cup brush. 6″ Diameter x 5/8-11. .023 Stainless Steel Wire. F/C Twist 1 Row. MSFS 6,000 RPM. [...]

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PT Boat Hand Powered Lathe

Monday, April 15, 2013

I bet you can’t find a knock off of this at Harbor Freight. 1945 PT Boat Hand Powered Metal Lathe. Came bulk packed in the original wood boxes. These were originally made for PT Boats, but by the time they finished making them and sent them off, the war had ended. That’s right. New old [...]

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USA Axe Sharpener

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Lansky popularized “The Puck”, which we sell quite a few of, but unfortunately, it’s imported. That’s why when we heard there was a deal on a US version of it, we quickly snatched it up. So let me introduce the US puck, by Modern Abrasives. 220 Grit. 2 9/16″ round. 1 5/16″ thick. Grooved for [...]

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Rudedog USA Bull Pins

Friday, March 29, 2013

We sell a lot of tools to the local tradesman here in Kansas City. The bullpin seems to be a pretty trade specific tool (mostly ironworkers and mill wrights). We’ve always carried the Klein brand bull pin, but can’t help but support local manufacturing as well. That’s why when we heard that Rudedog (Missouri) was [...]

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Vaughn “Seconds” Hammer Deal

Thursday, March 21, 2013

It’s hammer time and boy do we have a lot of hammers. Every year Vaughn produces a truckload of “seconds” that they send to us labeled “Grayvik”. These are great quality US made hammers with slight imperfections in the finish (but nothing that affects the overall performance of the tool.) We’ve got… Boy, do we [...]

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Vaughn/Grayvik Closeout

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Just got in a truckload of Vaughn/Grayvik closeouts. Will have them up on the website tomorrow. 18 new items. Mostly hammers. All USA made Vaughn “seconds”.

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Perfection has finally been achieved!

Monday, March 18, 2013

For centuries philosophers and religious scholars have argued whether perfection can possibly exist in our earthly physical world. Are we capable of understanding and reaching a state of perfection or is it simply a human abstraction that cannot possibly be achieved? Well debate no more, because we have seen perfection and it is a male [...]

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