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Wait, were those tools all Sears branded? Hopefully they were private label and not actually manufactured by Sears!

Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the Craftsman brand:

My personal recollection from the 1970s is that Craftsman tools had a reputation for high quality and that people I knew bought them at Sears stores.

I bought a set of Craftsman tools from Sears in the late 2000s. They’re solid.