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That $8 putty knife I bought 10 years ago is still going strong
My dad always told me to buy the good tools once. I thought he was just being cheap. But I picked up this cheapo plastic handled putty knife from the hardware bin when I was scraping wallpaper in my first house back in 2013. Still using it today. The blade is a little bent now but it still works. Meanwhile I burned through three fancy ones from the big box store in the same timeframe. What's a tool you thought was junk but turned out to be a keeper?
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paul25120d agoTop Commenter
Honestly that putty knife thing reminds me of this old hammer I picked up at a garage sale for like three bucks. The handle has some electrical tape holding it together and the head is a bit loose but I've used it for everything from building a shed to hanging drywall. My fancy framing hammer from the store broke after two years, that old one is still kicking. It's got character, you know? Not everything expensive is better, sometimes the junk just works.
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Ha, my buddy swears by a rusty scraper he found in his garage that outlasted three new ones.
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olivia_harris195d ago
Isn't it funny how the cheap stuff sometimes teaches you a lesson about actual value? Sounds like that tape is doing more work than most fancy tools.
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