Author Topic: Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches  (Read 3905 times)

Offline crankshaftdan II

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Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches
« on: December 15, 2018, 11:17:23 PM »
First vintage "Made in Taiwan" c-man wrench that I have found--anyone else ran into this type with the "E" code?   Must have been dangling their feet in the fire before CHINA!!!!

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Re: Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2018, 07:24:35 AM »
Not seen that in the wild before, tho it does have that bloated-box-end-import look to it.

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Re: Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2018, 07:45:09 AM »
Sure, years before Chins Sears played with both Taiwan and Japan! Prior attempts were short lived and not well received. Then China came along and the brand was done. 
You boys better hold on cause I'm gonna have to stand on it!

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Re: Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2018, 08:00:09 AM »
Not sure, but it may have been for the Canadian market. Sears Canada tried all kinds of money saving gimmicks early on in that market. The Canadians were the first to get a lot of imported Craftsman offerings.

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Re: Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2018, 09:39:58 AM »
The Japan tools were pretty good. I've got a bunch of that stuff. but cant say I've seen a Taiwan wrench.

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Re: Craftsman (Made in Taiwan) E series wrenches
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2018, 09:58:57 PM »
The Japan tools were pretty good. I've got a bunch of that stuff. but cant say I've seen a Taiwan wrench.

I bought a set of Sears DBE's marked with a BF in the 80's I think. They were fine.