Husky used to take any tool in for trade about 8 years ago, I wanted to buy all the traded in tools and fix them up. Well now you are a husky owner, and you cant get replacement tools. Yeah it was really worth trading in your snapon ratchet for those husky tools.
I buy Snap on, Hazet, and all the other german brands.
www.samstagsales.com is where I get my german tools.
My neighbor is a snapon man, so I can go over on saturdays if I need something.
Mac is also very good, but I dont like cornwell tools, matco, etc, but matco can order Hazet, but it takes a while.
IR is the best for air tools. Mac has mostly IR tools and all their pliers are knipex of Germany. Snapon carries some knipex, but they are marked up more than buying them straight from A Germany tool dealer. Sometimes snapon air tools are made in taiwan too, so watch out.
Best American tools
Snapon
MAC
Ingersoll-Rand
German tools
Hazet
Klann
Stahlwille
knipex (pliers)
There are some other brands like Blackhawk, etc, which are good, but you only have to buy snapon once unless someone steals it or you lose it.
for snap on, if I know snapon makes it, Ill buy it, but some stuff, they dont make, and its better to buy it where it comes from for cheaper, but then again, its there right now....Impluse buying!
I hope this has helped you aaron.