QUOTE(lucifah @ Aug 15 2017, 12:10 AM)
the cutter blade is ori from bosch. swiss made. some rust and peel off because i've been using it to cut some plastic pipes few days ago before i try it on the metal
LoL... wood + metal. haihs... i rugi rm60 for trying
Irwin tools need to find those old stocks one baru made in germany / taiwan / etc - the newer ones are made in china... haihs
i use some irwin drill bits because they are available in odd sizes (13 mm for example)
now u poison me with that powerslot... haihs... i must go find some irwin liao to cure my sadness
irwin's most famous vise grip pliers are kinda affordable. about rm 50 - 60 for a 7" one from lazada. i might get that one rather than stanley because stanley now only have that sissy rubber coated grip pliers... haihs...
pls share more of your irwin & milwaukee handtools. i am slowly adding hand tools to my arsenal. i buy china ones firrst and see which one i really use. at least i dun mind cheap china hammer. the only risk there is is the broken handle (fiber glass neck). LoL
as for rivets, i buy in boxes of 1000's... usually can last me half year. about 1/10 will go missing due to careless workers. so i buy cheap jaguar fastener brand one. about rm 20+ i think. the normal size 1/8" (3mm) x 1/2" (12mm). too big and it's hard to close the rivets, and repeat that 50 - 100x a day, your hands do get tired.
rm20+ for 1000pcs rivet is very cheap ! for me it's way too much because me just a weekend diy...nowadays so busy till haven't touch any of my tools d..
these are my irwin's hand tools..not much because its expensive..

and also the bar clamps ( 18' and 50')

milwaukee's hand tools...mostly made in taiwan

there are some quality hand tool from stanley and also my favorite...the pry bar ( stanley call it wonder bar )

fatmax xtreme antivibe hammer...this is really a joy to use.

my most used and favourite stanley...the fatmax multi saw. this can take the normal blade and all my bosch reciprocating saw blade