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Old 14th January 2022, 12:38 PM   #7
Lee
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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey View Post
Neither of them could hold a hammer correctly --- the results were predictable.
A close friend of 80 years, now retired, who worked for decades as a finish carpenter, has observed to me that up through his professional 'generation,' all of the tools in a Roman or Viking tool hoard would be clearly recognizable and understood to himself and colleagues, but, as you just observed, many have become 'alien' to modern young carpenters.
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