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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    Do you have particular brand(s) of pencils that you prefer @AMRaider ?
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    Although they have reduced their product line over the years, Unicomp is still making excellent keyboards, at least as of the last ones I purchased of theirs. They were also willing to customize the keyset for a minimal upcharge.
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    Knipex are excellent, and the cobras I purchased most recently seem to be fully up to their usual high standard. My understanding is that Wiha (and Wera) have significantly changed production details several years ago and I have read of some quality concerns. One distributor where I purchase...
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    Yep F-701 is my favorite of those, but the whole lineup is of very nice quality
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    In a surprise twist on the thread premise, I find that Zebra pens appear to have gotten better over time
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    And the historical link ...
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    Speaking of reels, and flashlights, that sure brings to mind the Abel Surefires....
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    Things STILL made today worth buying

    Posting in here gives me some pause, because who knows if something may have changed since my last purchase ... or if this will (with my luck!) be the very next thing to be "quality optimized and efficiency adjusted" Anyway, my Channellocks only have about fifty years of use on them, so they're...
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    Who Is A Fan: Rosy

    Anything but green ... even cool blue is better than green 🥬
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    Sold/Expired HDS Rotary LHD351D with 18350 and 18650 Battery Tubes

    I was surprised by that myself ... 👍
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    Discontinued things you still wish were made today

    Yes, I've started to do that with tools, when possible. By the time you need another, it is made somewhere else, at half the quality and 120% the price ... 😠
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    Discontinued things you still wish were made today

    My "new" (old) Underwood 5 typewriter arrived a week or two ago. Serial number appears to place it as 1915 manufacture. Couldn't be happier 😃
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    Which discontinued flashlights do you wish were still made?

    No but thank you
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    Help identifying these please

    For completeness (and because it is so difficult to find these reference posts since all the subforums got merged) I'll also link the Aleph references here ... https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/faqs-and-general-information.93471/#post-1099509...
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    Help identifying these please

    Although the photos are now long gone, I think that the following may have been the build thread ... https://candlepowerforums.com/threads/ended-katokichi-ichishiki-b-ki-b-is-here-new-body.100694/#post-1185892
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