I remember somebody saying that the Castleford handle rounded out on them where it fits onto the blades, hence the softness issue. I remember you saying about the burr, my set is perfectly smooth, so it would seem that for the lower price of the Chinese clone, you might be more apt to have quality issues needing checked out when buying. Still, I got my Castleford set so cheap delivered with shipping included, I just can't rail about them much. I expect the set to last me the rest of my life. It works great. I just checked the price of the Pipenet and it sells for over 4X the price! Other than the case, it looks almost identical in form. For as much as I need to ream out a pipe to the point of needing a dedicated reamer, I think I did the right thing in pocketing the extra $50.00. I can buy a nice pipe for that much!