Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: griff on March 12, 2010, 15:11
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the old ones are the besthttp://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w337/millgriff/mypictures032.jpg[/img]](http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w337/millgriff/mypictures032.jpg) (http://[img width=640 height=480)
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Cant beat old tools.
For a start, they were made from steel that actually had some temper and density to it, rather than the melted down Volkswagen Polo's that modern tools are made from.
I use a set of wood turning chisels that are stamped "Norris 1936". Ive had to sharpen them twice in ten years, the steel is so fine and hard. Similarly, i have a set of pre war Rolls Royce spanners, they ring like a bell if you strike them.
The finest post war tools are made of armour plate from sunken battleships.
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....and there was me thinking that it was recycled Rustin Metros that were used for modern tools. ;)
"Dori"
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Lovely set of tools, griff. Wish I could find a few like that.