Was always impressed by the full matching sets, polished, shiny, just could never justify it for myself. One advantage of having wildly mismatched wrenches is quick identification. The 17mm is Bluepoint, one up is the 18mm Mac, no looking at sizes. Standard set of 11 wrenches 3/8 - 1 inch is made up of 8 different brands, yes, my main set in the Snapon box I used at work. Craftsman, Proto, Mac, Snappy, Bonney, Vlchek, even a Fleet, New Britain, 2 Plombs, at least 3 of the old J.A Pan corp tools.
Bought some new, , many were used, pawn shops, garage sales, guess the old sign at the salvage yard held true, why buy new when used will do. It is a used world, not getting any newer, my house is pre-owned, built in 1906, most of the cars have been used, did get a new pickup back in1986, if it works,,,,,use it. So if you can foot the bill, get the shiny stuff. End of rant, my privilege, 70th. BD today.
