I'm talking about Kennedy chests here. They suck. They're inferior to a lot of the import stuff. They're over-priced. In short, they're garbage. (Donning my nomex under-garments...).
I have a moderate investment in Kennedy chests dating back to the late nineties. (Lest anyone excuse Kennedy of only sucking lately...)
My boxes have lived a gentrified life. They have held only a very modest weight in each drawer - much, much, less than what one might consider reasonable. Yet the drawers stick, they bind, they hang up, and they wobble. If these said "Shen Wu*" on the outside, I'm certain they would immediately be denounced as crap.
Still, there are on-going posts about picking up, or refurbing Kennedy chests. Don't!
I'm not posting this to berate those who are already invested in Kennedy - I'm posting this for those that might consider parting with hard-earned money for a toolbox that is living on a reputation it has ceased to earn. Spend your hundreds elsewhere - there is **nothing** special about a Kennedy box!
I love America, and I would certainly tout America-First, but I would bet my Chinese Horror Fraught "US General" boxes against a Kennedy box 11 out of 10 times.
Let's stop pretending that this garbage, which is living off of a name they have ceased to earn, is something we should treasure. Kennedy hasn't been a good brand for at least thirty years.
/rant
GsT
*Fake Chinese - I don't know enough Mandarin or Cantonese to make a funny name, so this is entirely fabricated. Any meaning is strictly serendipitous.
I have a moderate investment in Kennedy chests dating back to the late nineties. (Lest anyone excuse Kennedy of only sucking lately...)
My boxes have lived a gentrified life. They have held only a very modest weight in each drawer - much, much, less than what one might consider reasonable. Yet the drawers stick, they bind, they hang up, and they wobble. If these said "Shen Wu*" on the outside, I'm certain they would immediately be denounced as crap.
Still, there are on-going posts about picking up, or refurbing Kennedy chests. Don't!
I'm not posting this to berate those who are already invested in Kennedy - I'm posting this for those that might consider parting with hard-earned money for a toolbox that is living on a reputation it has ceased to earn. Spend your hundreds elsewhere - there is **nothing** special about a Kennedy box!
I love America, and I would certainly tout America-First, but I would bet my Chinese Horror Fraught "US General" boxes against a Kennedy box 11 out of 10 times.
Let's stop pretending that this garbage, which is living off of a name they have ceased to earn, is something we should treasure. Kennedy hasn't been a good brand for at least thirty years.
/rant
GsT
*Fake Chinese - I don't know enough Mandarin or Cantonese to make a funny name, so this is entirely fabricated. Any meaning is strictly serendipitous.