Ye Olde Rocket Forum - View Single Post - Picked up a Vintage NOS Xacto #89 tool cabinet

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Originally Posted by ghrocketman

Earl-
It was gone before I got around to posting info about it here.
Good Catch !
I was hoping it was close enough to what you wanted.
I think they are the same minus the Centuri logo.
You should ask Lee Piester about the Centuri ones. He may be able to point you in the right direction.

I was following it.

Actually, the only true similarities between them are the No. 5 handle and saw blade (and the Centuri saw blade was actually the smaller 3/4” #34 saw blade; this Xacto set had the larger #35). This one had a couple of aluminum sanding angles, whereas the Centuri kit had the 2” sanding block. And the Centuri set had the #1 handle and some blades; the Xacto set did not, but it did have a file.

The vinyl pouch though looks to be VERY similar, though the Xacto one looks to have a tie string on one side of the pouch, to roll it up and tie it in a roll. From the Centuri catalog photos, I have never been able to discern a tie string on it.

But, so far, this Xacto set is the closest thing to the Centuri set I have ever seen, and my guess is Centuri had Xacto ‘make up’ the Centuri sets and had the Centuri logo printed on the vinyl pouches.

Earl