" Protanium "

[mmcmdl]

New Hex wrenches made from Protanium . Hm.........................one notch below Un-obtainium ?

Protanium High Torque Steel

Bondhus hex tools are made from Protanium Steel

en.americantoolthailand.com

Manufactured by American Tool ( from Thailand ) .

 

[Martin W]

About ten years ago KBC tools had a deal if you spent over $100 you got a set of Bondhus metric and imperial hex wrenches. Pretty sure they were made in the USA in Minesota. Great wrenches use them every day.
Must have outsourced them now?
Martin

 

[ChazzC]

New Hex wrenches made from Protanium . Hm.........................one notch below Un-obtainium ?

Protanium High Torque Steel

Bondhus hex tools are made from Protanium Steel

en.americantoolthailand.com

Manufactured by American Tool ( from Thailand ) .

Made in USA, Sold by AmericanTool (Thailand); scroll down and the Product Listing calls out where the tools they sell are sourced from. My recent (May, 2021) Bondhus Protanium® hex drivers:



However, nice play on words.

 

[Firebrick43]

Its just their proprietary steel alloy as it says in the link you listed?

They are excellent wrenches. As a CNC mechanic nearly all the fasteners are allen head cap screws. Bondhus holds up very well, just as good as wiha and PBswiss. That trifecta is a step above the other manufactures.

Tip, At work the smaller Allen sizes get lost and they only provide full sets so there is an over abundance of 5/16, 3/8, 8mm, and 10mm. I used an abrasive chop saw to cut off the L of the wrench and use carbide insert tool on the lathe to turn punches. I make set of short nose (1/2" long) long handle starter punches out of them. These starter punches get pins moving with force so you don't bend your long pin punches. The length of the shank makes for a much longer and therefore handier punch than using pin punches that have damaged tips shortened.

 

[mmcmdl]

This is what we have in at work . Just never saw the Protanium proprietary steel listed on the packing material . Yes , I know they are good quality tools .

 

[ChazzC]

This is what we have in at work . Just never saw the Protanium proprietary steel listed on the packing material . Yes , I know they are good quality tools .

It is curious that when you do a search for “protanium high-torque steel” the top result is the Thailand webpage - I guess they have good meta data.

 

[rwm]

Protanium was originally developed for shielding on the Dilithium reactors for starship Enterprise.

 

[7milesup]

Someone couldn't figure out who American Tool is and what Protanium is, and how it all relates to Bondhus. No wonder conspiracy theories run rampant.