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Offline jabberwoki

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Oxwall goodness.
« on: September 17, 2018, 07:19:23 PM »
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Offline hickory n Steel

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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2018, 08:08:31 PM »
Quote from: jabberwoki on September 17, 2018, 07:19:23 PM
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/tls/d/vintage-oxwall/6700514126.html
And of course we know why it's all there and in mint condition  :))

Btw I've actually got a similar set in a green plastic blow mould case, I don't remember where I got it but I know that it's garbage which I never use.
I never thought oxwall tools could get any worse, but you outsource them to Japan or Taiwan and that's exactly what you get.
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Offline strik9

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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2018, 08:20:56 PM »
How dare you say Oxwall is defeicient...

  Lol!   I collect that crap and found one decent real wrench bearing the name.    But if cheap enough I would grab it in a market.  Lead alloy tools get rarer the more people try to use them.
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Offline slip knot

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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2018, 08:29:24 PM »
Those sockets make good fishing weights....And that's about all they are good for. :D
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Offline J.A.F.E.

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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2018, 08:58:59 PM »
Well that's something you don't see every day.

Thankfully.
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Offline hickory n Steel

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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2018, 09:28:09 PM »
Id say the case is too nice for the tools that comes in it, not that this is saying much.
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Offline hickory n Steel

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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2018, 09:42:32 PM »
Check out this outright lie printed on the label in this set



Here's what's in the set

I'm having a yardsale next weekend and could probably get $5 for this set, but I'm not sure I could be  so heartless as to actually sell this to someone. :))
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2018, 10:54:05 PM »
It's almost complete you might be able to get 10. That's a later one in the plastic box the earlier ones came in a metal box like the Oxwall.
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2018, 12:24:45 PM »
Quote from: J.A.F.E. on September 17, 2018, 10:54:05 PM
It's almost complete you might be able to get 10. That's a later one in the plastic box the earlier ones came in a metal box like the Oxwall.
Yeah, I could probably get 10$ ( I know where the missing socket went ) if I can bring myself to do this to someone.

Yes it's definitely a later set, probably 80's or early 90's.
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2018, 12:58:07 PM »

If I were in spittin' distance I'd stuff that in the Striksonian.   Sadly shipping woud bo more than scrap steel value.
 
    much more....  oh well.
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2018, 10:03:07 AM »
Some of my Quality Steel collection.   Which is the Taiwan era of Oxwall goodness. 

   These actually are in the bike kit for use at times. 
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2018, 10:05:17 AM »
So inspiring a Mex brand marked theirs Gimsa and sold sets at one time.
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2018, 11:42:30 AM »
Quote from: strik9 on October 10, 2018, 10:05:17 AM
So inspiring a Mex brand marked theirs Gimsa and sold sets at one time.

Was that sold at one time or they sold one time?
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2018, 03:21:27 PM »
Pre internet and local knowledge has nothing on the brand.  Think pld dead dollar store stuff long tossed off.

   Not quite sure how much effort one wrench deserves.   Not total crap but not Oxwall grade either.
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Re: Oxwall goodness.
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2018, 11:24:33 AM »
A clear forgery of an Oxwall tool.  It says drop forged right on it!  Somebody had no clue of the superiority of Oxwall Quality Steel.

    Good thing they are not common or they would have ruined the brand.
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