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Vise Grips - quick question
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:03 pm
by dualstow
Is it still possible to find some that were not made in China?
My pair has disappeared. Possibly misplaced, but after tearing the apartment apart several times over several weeks I'm running out of places to look. More likely picked up by some window maintenance guys. Purposely or accidentally, it doesn't matter.

Re: Vise Grips - quick question
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:31 pm
by l82start
did you try eBay?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sac=1&_ ... ade+in+usa i wasn't aware they stopped making american made ones till you said they were hard to find.. sad.. more formerly well made products heading overseas...
Re: Vise Grips - quick question
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:19 pm
by TripleB
Interesting this should come up. Earlier this week I was searching the interwebs for another tool and found a cool web forum that discusses tools. I only spent a few minutes looking at other threads in addition to the one I wanted, but I found this one about a guy who went to multiple hardware stores on a road trip looking for US Made Vice Grips. It was the first time I heard they moved to China.
And after reading it, I checked my toolbox and my old Vice Grips are Made in the US
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/show ... p?t=232632
Re: Vise Grips - quick question
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:56 am
by dualstow
Thanks for the replies! I will check.
By the way, my old vise grips were not made in the U.S., but in Taiwan. ;-) For me, that's still a significant difference.
And besides, they were my first and only pair (of number 10. I have a tiny made-in-China pair that was $4 at Lowe's).
Re: Vise Grips - quick question
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:58 pm
by dualstow
holy shit I found them!