Mike Lyle wrote in
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If she doesn't mind second-hand -- which is sometimes nicer as well as
cheaper -- car boot sales are worth checking.


How true.
Second hand or 'used' good quality tools pre 1970 will always outlast even
mid-ranged to top end tools manufactured today. In fact even the top of the
range tools today are imo inferior to their 1950/60/70 products. The
materials of tools, although high quality by todays standards are not a
match for the older ones. IMO.

If a tool has a mechanism it should have readily available spare parts, if
it hasn't don't touch it.

Buy cheap buy twice (or more times) and in the end you will have paid the
price of a professional tool and still have a duff, broken thingy after all
the outlay. Again IMO.

Baz