Take the warranty promises with a small grain of salt. I recently broke the box end of a 15/16” CAT combination wrench probably made by Snap-On ( it’s identical to a Par X wrench). I think that in it’s day——about 40 years ago—- it would have similar warranty as Blue Point, which I think is 50%. Parts counter guy said it was no longer warrantied. I got my money’s worth out of it, but some help on a replacement would have been nice.
I dug deep in my box at home and came up with a usable old wrench to put back in the service truck.
Has anybody started a thread on how to deal with your tools when you finally retire and stop wrenching? I’ve been at it steady since the Navy sent me to Engineman school in 1962, and it’s almost time to quit saying yes to people who call me up saying “I’ve got a problem that my guy can’t figure out. Can you help him?”. If there is a thread somewhere, I’ll contribute to it or we can start with new .................