What a sad story! If they honour a 'lifetime guarantee' one would assume that it would be good business to produce tools that do not fail, and need replacement! Sad! Cheers! Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:11 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pliers > At 01:59 PM 1/6/06 -0000, you wrote: >>I wonder if the modern versions are so carefully designed and finished, > and whether they would match this longevity? > > In all probability not. I have had a series of pliers of different > types made by Klein, thought of as one of the best of the remaining US > toolmakers, fail structurally. Klien tools, which are costly, are sold > with a "lifetime guarrantee", and all have been duly replaced, but > ultimately a guarrantee means little if a tool can't be relied upon to > make > it through a job. > > > Regards, > Harry Wade > Nashville Tennessee > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.