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Hidden Soft Handled Vise-Grips’ Country-of-Origin Info

Jan 11, 2009 Stuart 3 Comments

If you recall from the previous ToolGuyd entry, I mentioned that I was a bit hesitant to try out Irwin’s soft-gripped Vise-Grips. You see, I like knowing where a tool is made, but that’s pretty hard to do when half the tool is covered up. Well, it seems like soft-gripped Vise-Grips are slow sellers because I […]

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