What brands of tools do mechanics use in china and japan and similar places? -

in america we have craftsman, snap-on and the like. if you buy cheap tools made in china or japan they re low quality and depending on what you buy you get little use out of it before it breaks. cheap hand tools like wrenches and ratchets are okay but they still don t hold up compared to more expensive brands. my question is what what do mechanics in china and japan and similar places use? they can t be using the same cheap tools that they export to us.

They all use different ones i think

I agree that there are many cheap imitation tools sold and manufactured in China and Taiwan. In Japan it is a much different story. Besides Snap on, Japanese tools from the Kyoto Tool Company are top quality equivalent to Snap On and maybe even better than Craftsman. To explain, Japan has a long industrial history and skilled workforce that places the up most effort into quality. Japanese engineering and industrial craftsmanship is top notch.

I m sure the Japanese make quality tools. China s too cheap to put too much alloy in theirs ! I don t know who China s main supplier, but My guess Japan makes their own.