unclehobart
New Member
What of your tool collection is stuff you bought vs stuff that was liberated family members and friends and stuff that was inherited from the older generations?
Right now all of my stuff is stuff that I have bought myself. The quality isnt nearly what the stuff from the old days are. Anything with a wood handle is only about as strong as flimsy bamboo. I try to get stuff with composite handles that lie somewhere between fiberglass, vulcanized rubber, hardend plastic, and space age carbon fiber. It makes me wonder why good old fashioned hickory isnt used anymore.
Pliers and screwdrivers always seem to end up missing.
My dad is about to move... which will surely mean a tool windfall for me. I may have trouble storing them all.
Right now all of my stuff is stuff that I have bought myself. The quality isnt nearly what the stuff from the old days are. Anything with a wood handle is only about as strong as flimsy bamboo. I try to get stuff with composite handles that lie somewhere between fiberglass, vulcanized rubber, hardend plastic, and space age carbon fiber. It makes me wonder why good old fashioned hickory isnt used anymore.
Pliers and screwdrivers always seem to end up missing.
My dad is about to move... which will surely mean a tool windfall for me. I may have trouble storing them all.