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Re: Best cheap thing you ever bought.

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DefTrap wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:24 pm
Count Steer wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:22 pm

Sadly they have followed the general entropy of things and were absorbed into Stanley. Genuine Rabone and Rabone-Chesterman stuff is now only available as 'vintage'. :(
:thumbup: thanks, I was just in the process of googling that myself .... ;)
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On the bright side, I find I have some 'vintage' tools.
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Re: Best cheap thing you ever bought.

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Count Steer wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:28 pm
DefTrap wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:24 pm
Count Steer wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:22 pm

Sadly they have followed the general entropy of things and were absorbed into Stanley. Genuine Rabone and Rabone-Chesterman stuff is now only available as 'vintage'. :(
:thumbup: thanks, I was just in the process of googling that myself .... ;)
:D

On the bright side, I find I have some 'vintage' tools.
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Re: Best cheap thing you ever bought.

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A plastic trombone from Aldi in Swanley in 2008. It still works perfectly, but it's locked in my gun safe, I'm only allowed to get it out when I'm home alone for extended periods.