GazPal
Established Member
Plain old curiosity and recent discussions triggered the idea that many of us possibly fall into one of three main categories, so I thought I'd post a poll in the hope of sharing views.
jimi43":9hc9mon9 said:Parachutist?
Jim
jimi43":1310peq5 said:I wouldn't give shelfroom for anything made of that latterday cast "steel" cheese rubbish and plastic.
Jim
studders":667p2iih said:jimi43":667p2iih said:I wouldn't give shelfroom for anything made of that latterday cast "steel" cheese rubbish and plastic.
Jim
It's sort of what I meant by usable Jim, and the reason I look for older tools if at all possible first.
So much you buy these days just doesn't do what it's meant to do, if it does it doesn't seem to do so for very long before breaking. It really pees me off.
I used to buy Hardpoint Saws but not any more. I got so fed up with them going blunt after five minutes.
I bought some some old saws off t'Bay and got my head around the re-sharpening malarky, I won't win any prizes but did a good enough job to make them very usable.. no more wasted money.
Alf":29irqqu5 said:........ To be honest I think I'm more of an accumulator........
SurreyHills":1r5m1en2 said:An indicator of this is watching auctions on Fleabay for items that I don't really have a need for. One day I know I'll end up bidding on one of them.
lanemaux":1mibprom said:Not sure if I have a defined category... I take non-collectable tools on from any source in order to restore them to working condition as a hobby to share with my daughter. My interest is in cool devices and clever solutions to problems. My daughter likes to work with her hands to make the tools look nice. I should mention that she is challenged both physically and developmentally , so restoring hand tools is both safe and fun for her with my supervision. Very few fatal polishing accidents you see. I work with the tools once they are restored and she takes pride in the work she did by showing them to friends and visitors to our home. Basically we both like to play. Just where does that put us in the user or collector debates? I am sure I do not know , but having a blast anyway.
Mike