Crescent wrench and Channelocks: a boy’s birthday present not made in china.
The middle boy had his 5th birthday last spring and we had a party for him at the local park. He got lots of presents from his friends, but everyone of them was a) made of plastic and b) made in china (probably made from lead-filled plastic by political prisoners who get shocked by cattle prods if they don’t make them fast enough). Every present except the ones I gave him that is:
A real Crescent adjustable wrench and Channellock slip-joint pliers.
He has loads of fun with them, and if he doesn’t lose them he can use them the rest of his life. Not likely, I admit, but how long before those plastic toys are in the landfill? And they weren’t that pricey, $13.10 for the 8″ wrench and $10.61 for the channellocks from McMaster-Carr.
