Question: CRESCENT tool kit quality?

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Before I spring for a tool kit for the son-in law, I'd better ask...

He would do well with an organized tool kit like the blow-molded case Crescent wrench and socket set. Once glance would determine if a tool was missing.

A Crescent Wrench is top quality - but how about sockets and wrenches?

(Dessert)

Heaven
The cooks are French
The police are British
The lovers are Italian
The administers are Swiss
The mechanics are German

Hell
The cooks are British
The police are German
The lovers are Swiss
The administers are French
The mechanics are Italian

With global economy that changed quite a bit.
When best cooks can still be French, the German automobiles in Germany are build by Turkish, Ukrainians and Polish.
The best marble craftsmen in Italy are Polish.
I heard the best lovers are Argentinians, but let's stop it right there.
Working in steel industry years ago, Crescent was tool for yard boys.
I was using Proto most of the time.
Still have couple of Proto-brand "crescent" wrenches.
12" wrench can take 3 foot pipe extension and will not bend with leg push.
Williams would be 2nd choice.
Craftsman was good 30 years ago when manufactured in USA.
When I still have Craftsmen screwdrivers, I carry 5 of them as driving to Sears to replace single one each time it breaks gets annoying.
Their wrenches are simply too thick for lot of automobile applications
Still have Craftsmen-brand 16" "crescent" wrench that I use mostly for plumbing.