MetalMonkey
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I've never heard of koken tools where are they from?
Japanese equivalent of snap-on, but many (me included) would rate actually them better.
All they have done for 75 years is make socketry, so the range and quality is quite something.
Very high quality tools from Japan on par with snap on their nepros line up is something else total cut above anything else.
Nepros is made by KTC, another high quality Japanese tool company.
The difference is that KTC make a wide range of tools and rebadge as well - whereas Koken only focus on socketry.
The Nepros stuff is KTC's top end line-up, their ratchets are so finely finished they are more like jewellery than tools.
The Koken equivalent would be their Zeal lineup (e.g. the set Dieselman_63 has), they aren't as pretty, but they are extremely well thought out and have a lot of clever features.