General Tools 88CM Tungsten Carbide Scribe and Magnet

Worst of the product I have ever seen

Wanted a scribe for marking pavers and slabs that wouldn’t roll away. With a magnet on one end I can leave it with my trowel and it’s still there next time. Brilliant.

bought it because i lost my last one and i dont think i'll be very happy losing this one. larger than my last one with a surprisingly powerful magnet on the rear of it. yes you have to twist the cap on fairly tight in order for it to not slip out at all, but do you really need to tighten it that much? also, for the person who said what do you need the clip for other than poking holes in your shirt, reverse the scribe point in the thing and you wont poke holes in anything and it holds it in very nicely. though i do wish the knurling was a little more aggressive, its plenty for normal use. my only problem is "made in china", while i do accept its a low priced scribe, my general tools thread pitch gauges were made in the u.s., as was one of my old automatic center punches made by general. guess they all have to go west sometime for the basic products.(leave us to make the harder stuff with higher quality)

Bought this for an art project which involves scraping landscapes into mirrors, and this was a perfect tool! Apart from the loud noise and smoothness, it worked great! If you are careful with your hands then this should work great for you!

If you look at the photos that accompany this product, flicking between them, you can see there are at least 3 different versions. The first image looks like a really well made, tight tolerance, engineering tool. Some of the other ones look a little less so. The one I got was even more "less so". It just feels cheap and poorly made. The General stamp on the barrel isn't even lined up right, sitting at a slight angle. But the worst has to be the collar which holds the nib in place, it never tightens enough, so if you shake it upside down, the nib just falls right out. I've now tightened it with some pliers, and it just about hold it in, still not secure like I'd like. But in any case, this is rubbish, look elsewhere. Personally, I can't work out if the one I got was a fake, a copy, or if General have just given up trying to make good tools and now just get it made as cheaply as possible in other countries. Either way, pretty disappointed.

Excelente opción.