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Got a good pic of the first one so we can tell you if it's actually an atha? In general it looks extremely close to my CV Craftsman ball peen.Atha, Stanley, Craftsman, Billings
I've never seen anything other than the horseshoe logo for atha tools, so I wouldn't think atha.You know I didn't think the letter placements we're arranged for Craftsman but I have known to be wrong maybe once before
Thanks for looking
As long it is not painted pink nobody usually questions the color of the tools
Here's a not very old about 12oz Us made Stanley ball peen I got a while ago for 2$ at a goodwill. I think I had posted a pic when I got it but that was back in the before time ( before PB screwed the pooch )
I don't normally like painted heads, but I keep this one in a tool box and keeping oil on it would be less than ideal.
The only markings were on the handle which are gone now because I octagonalized it.
Red isn't really my color, but it's what it had. It's also THE toolbox color and The Victorinox color ,so I don't mind it too much sometimes.
Yeah, pink is definitely not really found on any " legitimate tools " ( it could be but it's always only ultra cheap garage )As long it is not painted pink nobody usually questions the color of the tools
Here's a not very old about 12oz Us made Stanley ball peen I got a while ago for 2$ at a goodwill. I think I had posted a pic when I got it but that was back in the before time ( before PB screwed the pooch )
I don't normally like painted heads, but I keep this one in a tool box and keeping oil on it would be less than ideal.
The only markings were on the handle which are gone now because I octagonalized it.
Red isn't really my color, but it's what it had. It's also THE toolbox color and The Victorinox color ,so I don't mind it too much sometimes.
Both Snap-on & Proto have pink tools.
Got the hammer months ago, octagonalized it's handle and rehung it shortly after getting it, put it in my house tool box, used it quite a bit, then discovered some rust on it the other day so I removed said rust and decided to mask off the handle and spray paint the head to add some rust protection.That's a good looking Stanley.
That handle looks very comfortable.
Did you paint before you completed the hang? ...must have a steady hand if not
Hmm, well I knew any tool company could make tools, I just didn't know any quality manufacturers ever had.
The problem with this is that Craftsman used to be a good way to go for tools 20 years ago, but sears has killed the beloved Craftsman tool line and ATM I believe only some screwdrivers and some hammers are being made in the US.I don't know first hand on pink tools other than the Snap On.
I worked with a few guys in the trades and they loved, sorry we're addicted the Snap On.
Snap on is a quality tool, as with most the older ones are better.
One of the fellas got his wife the ladies kit/box-for the home and DYI'er... it was pink.
I apologize I don't know or remember what the kit consisted of, I wasn't interested then either.
I use Craftsman.
Speaking of which I cleaned this up recently. Found it abandoned with electric tape all up and down the handle in the back corner of my grandfather's garage when we bought the house.
I was/am very pleased.
I am not aware of Craftsman marketing and selling a pink tool, or tool box but I am wrong at least a few times a day
I bought 'hook, line and sinker' into the fantastic (what could possibly go wrong!) Sears lifetime guarantees of their 'Craftsman'-brand 45-some years ago. Sure their history and guarantee was wonderful but the quality of their tools, store hours and locations over the next 20 years ultimately turned out to be much lesser so. Some 15 years ago I slowly and gradually switched brands despite all the former hoopla, but once a year did faithfully make a journey into Sears with the annual accumulated pail-full of broken sockets/wrenches/ratchets/screwdrivers. They did replace them (no questions asked either) but 'made in USA' and other re-assuring features (the push button ratchet release among them) slowly disappeared and I decided never to buy anything 'Craftsman' new starting 25 years ago. Whoever picks up the "Craftsman" line (if they honour lifetime guarantees) is gonna have a helluva time reviving the former 'cred' without going broke through no fault of their own. The current incarnation of once-upon-a-time-renowned Stanley tools, unfortunately, has already become a lesser body than Sears ever was!