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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6
This Dutch Hoe was my Grandmothers and would have to be 40 to 50 years old.
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Although I put a new handle on it several years ago, the head is made from solid stuff and should see many more years of use. This is one of my most used tools. Nan's name was Elizabeth but everyone called her Betty. I think it would be appropriate to name it Betty from now on. |
Some of the old hand tools are the most efficient by the time you drag out tangled power leads, faf around with blades, etc.
its great to just use something with you hands instead. I regurlarly use some old woodworking tools given to me by a retiring shipwright when I was building a boat.
Some of the stone carving chisels I still use were given to me by my olld Mastermason boss as an apprentice 40 years ago. His initials still etched into the shanks.
The stuff lasts.
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