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Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021) by bonestamp2 on Monday July 04, 2022 @01:43PM (#31979823)
Peter Robertson (the inventor) is Canadian and Robertson screws are very popular there as you mentioned. They exist elsewhere in varying degrees.

For example, I live in Southern California and I haven't seen them at the hardware store until recently. I found one behind a wall-plate in my home several years ago when I was changing a light switch. Thankfully, I'm Canadian, so I already had the right tool -- right next to the unspent Canadian Tire money in my toolbox. ;)

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Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021) by inferiorhuman on Monday July 04, 2022 @06:36PM (#31982433)
Yeah the legend goes something like Robertson tried to get Henry Ford to use them but wanted too much money to license the design. As an American the only Robertson screws I've ever seen came from the subwoofer enclosure on my car… which I imported from Canadia.
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