There are a lot more to tools than most realize. Many of the big three Snap-on Mac and Matco don’t make all of their tools, the specialty ones are farmed out. Like one of the Matco trim tool set is made by Old forge but then has the better Matco handles. Here is a website that sells it http://www.shop.com/+-a-old+forge+trim+tools-p30036773-k36-st.shtml. OTC Stringer makes tools for the big three. I used to do prototype cars at Roush and notice the similarities between brands and on that trim tool both companies have the same flaw in the blade and when I received the Old Forge set the sheet metal door handle tool said Matco on one side and old Forge on the other. Some of the Craftsman professional are the same as Matco. Some of the tool boxes and I think the ratchets at least two years ago they were. Mac does the same with farming out. There is a tool we used to accurately(not a common hydrometer) tell the freezing point of anti freeze I can’t remember the name Mack sells it for a about a hundred over what there supplier sells it for under their name. I think Cornwell is under rated but is hard to find a supplier. At Roush most people avoided the Snap-on man because of how he took care of warranty items. You buy a lot you get taken care of and if you don’t that looks like customer abuse. Tools are an investment and Cornwell doesn’t do well on resale. The tool boxes that held up the best there were the Mac but are so over built it is crazy. Cornwell is not well known because they were not heavily into garages but more tool and die with many of the black oxide instead of chrome. I own mostly Snap-on but think they are overrated and priced. I got them in the eighties as they came to our shop. I was at a dealer than and you make payments. There is very little you can’t buy off the web that is better and cheaper than Snap-on but the return is the problem. There are two German Companies that make some awesome screwdrivers. I like them better than my Snap-on’s.
