Stanley Hand Tools

He onshored like 9,000 factories and distribution centers.

In his first presidential term, Stanley Tools came back to Texas.

I was in Toledo, Ohio with Rav back then.

And there was GE, Whirlpool, you know, bringing back jobs, real jobs for Americans that actually matter here.

And you don't ... you know, uh, the, the thing is, is I never thought of, well, I wanna go out and work at, uh, there was a fiberglass company, uh, uh, a massive fiberglass company, uh, in, in our, our town.

Uh, there were Stanley Tools, there were all these manufacturers.

I didn't think to myself, "Well, I wanna be a, a toolmaker all of my life." I just ...

no.

And if you talk about that, I would say there are some comparable modern tools, absolutely, that compare to the quality vintage tools.

And if you use hand planes as an example, your Lee Nielsen or your, to some extent, your Veritas do compare to quality Stanley planes.

But some users, there's a feel difference, I think.

I think there's a feel difference.

This is Brazilian rosewood, which was just so absolutely beautiful.

The top tool makers used it on all their handles, whether it was in leather work.

Stanley planes, all the plane makers used Brazilian rosewood just because it was so magnificent, so easy to work and durable.

You see a lot of handles.