So, we bought a new closeout deal from Wilde. It should be in on Thursday, but it will take us a while to sort through everything, so I imagine I’ll start posting new items on Monday. The deal consists mostly of odd automotive tools, so I’ll be interested to see the response to some of [...]
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. [...]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Took a trip yesterday to Wilde Tool and learned a lot about this great family tool company. (Thanks everyone for showing me around!) I got some good video of their manufacturing processes and hopefully will put something together in the next month or so. In the meantime, there’s a lot of pictures to look at, [...]
Behold the power of user commentary on the Daily Dispatch! We had a customer comment about Wilde’s wooden handled screwdriver set and now we are regularly stocking it! It’s a 7 piece, 100% US made, wooden handled screwdriver set. It’s got the #1 and the #2 phillips and a whole bunch of slotted: 1/8″ X [...]
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 [...]
Wilde Tool is a 4th generation family run USA manufacturer that everyone should know. They are located in Hiawatha Kansas and are best known for inventing the original angle nose pliers 75 years ago. They do a lot of private labeling, so their name isn’t out there as much, but they make great quality stuff [...]
If there’s one thing we love it’s a US made adjustable wrench. We buy them whenever we can, from whoever we can, as long as they are US made. Today we got a nice sampling from some great US companies. And here they are in no particular order, a 4″ Wright with grips, another 4″ [...]
