General Tools & Instruments

Our mission is to enable our users to work smarter, measure better and be more productive. 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. 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. By 1937, Abe and Lillian were selling their own products exclusively at General Hardware. Over the years, General grew its product line and expanded into new market segments like digital test and measurement tools. Ingenuity is the core of what makes General special. Our long history of innovative product development, focused on this mission and is why General Tools is the PRECISE TOOL for the job.