The store will not work correctly when cookies are disabled.
Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Essential
Name
Description
Lifetime
CART
The association with your shopping cart.
1 Year
CATEGORY_INFO
Allows pages to be displayed more quickly.
1 Year
COMPARE
The items that you have in the Compare Products list.
1 Year
CUSTOMER
An encrypted version of your customer id.
1 Year
CUSTOMER_AUTH
An indicator if you are signed into the store.
1 Year
CUSTOMER_INFO
An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.
1 Year
Marketing
Name
Description
Lifetime
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS
Stores your Customer Segment ID
1 Year
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE
A flag that, indicates whether caching is on or off.
1 Year
FRONTEND
Your session ID on the server.
1 Year
GUEST-VIEW
Allows guests to edit their orders.
1 Year
LAST_CATEGORY
The last category you visited.
1 Year
LAST_PRODUCT
The last product you looked at.
1 Year
NEWMESSAGE
Indicates whether a new message has been received.
1 Year
NO_CACHE
Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.
1 Year
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART
A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.
1 Year
Google Analytics
Name
Description
Lifetime
RECENTLYCOMPARED
The items you recently compared.
1 Year
STF
Information on products you emailed to friends.
1 Year
STORE
The store view or language you have selected.
1 Year
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE
Indicates whether a customer authorized cookies.
1 Year
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS
The products that you recently looked at.
1 Year
WISHLIST
An encrypted list of products added to your wish list.
GENERAL TOOLS - THE PRECISE TOOL FOR DOING THE JOB EXACTLY RIGHT!
For nearly a century, General Tools has been a recognized leader in the design and development of precision specialized tools, committed to innovation and dedicated to delivering exceptional customer service.
Offering over 1,000 tools, we’re proud to provide tradesmen, craftsmen and DIYers around the world with a broad assortment of specialized tools that enhance productivity, inspire creativity, accelerate a side hustle or simply help check items off the task list around the house. Our tools can be found in hardware, mass retail, farm/ag and specialty stores, as well as online.
General began as the brainchild of Abe and Lillian Rosenberg in New York City in 1922. Originally dubbed General Hardware Manufacturing Co., the company specialized in the wholesale of "hard goods," offering a full-range of domestic and professional items from clothesline pulleys and screen-door hardware, to specialty hand tools.
It wasn't long before Abe, a former WWI veteran & a vibrant, creative thinker, began to develop his own product ideas. With Lillian running the store, Abe would go out on the road in search of machine shops to manufacture his tools. By 1930 he had outsourced a small line of specialty items, including circle cutters, metal punches and pocket screwdrivers. By 1937, Abe and Lillian were selling their own products exclusively at General Hardware.
Abe’s thirst for new ideas kept General at the forefront of innovation, becoming one of the first to build die-cast tools. It was this innovation that resulted in General becoming charter member of the Sears 100 Club of Craftsman tool suppliers.
Over the years, General grew its product line and expanded into new market segments like digital test and measurement tools. After three generations of leadership by Abe’s family, the company was acquired by High Road Capital Partners in 2014 and most recently became part of Worthington Industries in 2021.
Ingenuity is the core of what makes General special. We never stop working to understand the needs of both current and prospective users, tradespeople, hobbyists, DIYers and tinkerers. Our mission is to enable our users to work smarter, measure better and be more productive. Our long history of innovative product development, focused on this mission and is why General Tools is the PRECISE TOOL for the job.