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Chase the Retailer AND Importer of shit product.

"Oh discount paint brushes.... a full set of 5 for $7 - Jeez - that is handy....  I could do with them." Half an hour later all the bristles are dropping out... Get two fingers and a light tug... and they come out in clumps... LOW cost paint product, does and ought never mean substandard product. It ought to be meaning good quality product, made, transported and sold in a way as to minimise the total cost of the product - not that the product is garbage being dumped on the market. I am going to change the laws on this, in that fuck chasing the retailer, I am going after the wholesaler / importer. Because their crappy product, fucks everyone around.

Kincrome - Ugggh Ripoff Cheap Shit Tools

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I bought a pack of these.... The Kincrome Wood Carving Set - Buck Bros 5 Piece They do not list them on their website as wood carving tools, they classify them as "Striking & Prying" - Chisel Sets.  Only $114 - not including GST (add on 10% for your hassles) For real?  Striking and Prying - with my wood carving chisels? Here let me show you how a hammer works..... Part No: K9010 • Sizes: 1 x 1/2" Firmer Chisel 1 x 1/4" Front Gouge 1 x 1/4" Corner Chisel 1 x 1/4" Front Bent Gouge 1 x 1/2" Straight Gouge 1 x 1/4" Parting Tool • High Carbon Tool Steel • Drop Forged • Steel Cap (no there isn't) • Hardened and Tempered • Tapered Blade for Balance • All blades 3" long • Made in The USA (No they are not - the blades are made in China and the handles are molded on in the USA) And not only are they as blunt as all fuck - most of them have flat bits where the edges are supposed to be, because forget about honing them to a razors edge, they a