These are the tools you buy once. You put them in your bedside table instead of the garage for a few weeks just so you can look at it, pick it up and hold it. You do not loan these tools to your neighbor. You pass these down to your children.
A set of Nepros ratchets, wrenches or screwdrivers make a great gift. These are the best handtools made.
Tool Sets | nepros Tools
Nobody makes an axe like the Swedes. These axes develop a nice patina as they age.
Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe 19 Inch, 420
Maybe the most useful tool ever made.
Knipex Cobra
The corded Makita angle grinder is bullet proof.
Makita / Power Grinders / Power Tools
The Hilti Drill/Driver, impact driver is simply the best power drill made. Tool porn. Its kinda pricey but at least you can buy these on Amazon now.
Hilti Drill
These Kinect sets by Klien are fantastic quality and great value. There are a lot of different setups. Buy a few to keep in the glovebox of your car and be a hero.
KNECT™ Driving and Fastening Systems
German quality and design. I keep this one on me everyday.
Wera 056490 Tool-Check Plus Bit Ratchet Set
There are a lot of these tool boxes on the market right now. These Toughbuilt are the best by far. They are overbuilt. There are so many different setups and elements you can buy to match your needs.
Toughbuilt Stacktech
Best orbital sander ever made.
DEWALT - Orbital Sanders - The Home Depot
Great screwdrivers for the trades.
Wiha - Screwdriver Sets - The Home Depot
These scissors are indestructable.
Klein Tools - Scissors - The Home Depot
All you will ever need from a tape measure.
Stanley 25 ft. FATMAX Tape Measure 33-725Y - The Home Depot
These help with so many jobs.
Makita - Demolition & Breaker Hammers - The Home Depot
