Colonial Solder Tec

[665ae]

This tool was brought up in another thread...  Smokey Mountain Knife works has them with a price of $2.99 

Here's the link...  http://www.eknifeworks.com/webapp/eCommerce/product.jsp?A=&Mode=Cat&Cat=14&range=11&SKU=MIST10

[David Bowen]

Sorry to sound down hearted, but let me tell you a story. Colonial is/was a good company but and thier product seemed to be decent quality. For a little while I was even thier "man" so to speak for the product testing of thier new line, shortly down the road I was ignored and phonecalls/e-mails were never returned. Steve Palantonio runs the company, it's in the family line, like I said they made good products. Unless I got something cheap, I don't think I would actually BUY thier products.

to check out the website I had built for my reviews on colonial products go to http://members.aol.com/colonialknifefan/ it's not the best in the world but hey, I am an amature. I really had faith that these folks were going to make a come back, they sent me knives for free to test/review them and it was a cool partnership, I got to see the pheonix rise from the ashes so to speak, when I told him about MT.ORG and what we were doing here, he said that they only give products out to the press and that if I wanted something I was going to have to buy it. Words from the same guy who would work with me on anything??  I just don't get it, I probably never will. Check out the site while it still exists, my AOL is no longer in service but by the grace of god the site still stands, maybe as a testimate to what I was doing for the company, who knows. Enjoy, let me know you thoughts, this is not to be a colonial bashing thread by any means, but I just don't know what happened. They grew faster than they anticipated and didn't need me anymore? Ohh well, MT is here to stay and we arn't going no where.  :grin:

David.....sorry for rambling

[Anthony]

That's really odd...who exactly counts as "the press"?  I personally read ALL reviews on knives/tools/lights, etc on the internet...I consider a website like multitool.org to be "the press".  His loss I guess...although that tool looks nice.  What is the quality like of their stuff?  I'm not expecting much for $3

[J-sews]

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[J-sews]

It's made in China. Quality is somewhat better than the usual crap coming from over there. It's the sort of tool you would normally expect to pay $15 or $20 for. No way in hell is it worth the $71 that Colonial Knife Company is asking for them HERE.

I'm wondering if that Smokey Mountain price is some sort of misprint?

[665ae]

Hehe... If I order anything from them, I plan on adding one of those Colonial tools to my order.  We'll find out if the $3 tag is right or not...

[Anthony]

If they aren't too thick, it looks like two of those tools would be good for a electronics kit...one to hold something and the other to snip it..etc..