smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) (12/07/85)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh > I prefer (after learning the hard way by buying lots of Sears tools) that > buying a good quality tool (or anything) is ALWAYS cheaper in the long run. > Not to mention that you have the pleasure of using that tool (or whatever) > throughout its life; which is often longer than the owner's. You bring up a good point. The only way of finding a good tool is not by price, but by experience. Thus if you find an old tool that is still in very good shape, you know that it has to be good. Most of my tools are pre WWII and are better than tools that you can buy new today. I bought them at auctions and second hand stores. The are all heirlooms so to speak. You should see the tools that came with my Ford-Ferguson tractor (1941).