#9135 - 01/24/0401:32 PMRe: What are your 10 most important tools?
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Craig,
I've check my hoard- most of them (including some that are almost black with age and carry) are labeled "US SPEAKER". Some are labeled "MIL-J 0387". The "Speakers" seem to be a tad better- looks like heavier plating, and they have a little more resistance to falling open, but they all lose the plating with pretty quickly and they all fall open and need to be taped or contained, so I wouln't worry about the difference. Both work fine.
The oldest-looking of them all is labeled "US G G GREENE 1956". It probably came out of a c-rat box in the '70s. It's pretty black, has seen a lot of use and carry, and still works fine.
I'd check surplus stores. I've seen them wrapped in brown paper, or loose. I wouldn't buy any that came in a retail bubble pack.
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