[AT] OT: Harb/now vice grip

[charlie hill]

Hi Greg,

Actually that makes me feel a bit better about a pair of "channel lock" 
style pliers I bought the other day.   I saw them in a discount store with a 
CHEAP price on them.  They had Rubermaid in big letters on the card they 
were attached to.  I'm thinking, that's not a pot scrapper but it sure LOOKS 
like a good pair of pliers.  They were only a couple of bucks so I bought 
them.  Basically they are a nice set of channel lock type pliers with very 
nice soft rubber grips.
I'm happy to know now that they were probably engineered by Irwin tools and 
not just some freak of the plier world.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny


> Farmer's post reminded me of a subject I had been going to bring up... 
> namely Vise-Grips.  Having tried many brands over the years, I have long 
> been a believer in buying only the Vise-Grip brand.   However, while doing 
> some research last week on a couple of types of Vise-Grips I was 
> interested in, it appears that they have been bought out by Rubbermaid. 
> They are now Irwin Vise-Grips.  Irwin Tools appears to be a subsidiary of 
> Rubbermaid.   It is part of the Newell Rubbermaid Company.  Vise-Grips now 
> have blue and yellow handle grips on them.  I see that they have already 
> dropped a couple of types from their line.  I pray for the best, however I 
> fear that Vise-Grips (like many other companies that have been bought out) 
> will be turned into a pile of sh$$ and we will have lost another great 
> tool.
>
> Greg Hass
> Bad Axe, Michigan
> In the tip of Michigan's Thumb
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