Just wondered if anyone's ever been caught out with fake hand tools. I had a look online and it appears there is a massive fake tools industry online selling tools by all the high end manufacturers.
How good do the fakes look?
Would a seasoned pro be able to identify just by feel?
I still don't use eBay.
Fake hand tools online
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The ones I come across most are often Chinese in origin, the favourites being tinny "Marshalltown" trowels, flaky, shuddering 'Wacker' plates, and crude "Stihl" saws.
Of course, there are countless fall-apart diamond blades, inaccurate laser levels and distance measures, and some godawful rubber-ish mallets that smear anything they hit with black sludge.
The old adage tends to apply: you get what you pay for,
Of course, there are countless fall-apart diamond blades, inaccurate laser levels and distance measures, and some godawful rubber-ish mallets that smear anything they hit with black sludge.
The old adage tends to apply: you get what you pay for,
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