evodawg wrote:
RJ wrote:


Much better than any of the half-dozen American brands
that I've owned over the years.
Not sure I'd go that far. I've thrown plenty of HF tools in the front
yard of the house I was working on. If you use a tool everyday you'd
be advise not to get it from HF. If you need it for one job then ok,
if it last past that youre batting 1000.

Well, this is the HOME repair group - not the professional woodworker's
hiring hall. You could get a sooper-dooper quality tool and have it last for
generations.

For example, the hatchet that George Washinton used to chop down the cherry
tree as a lad is still around. Since 1755 it's had its head replaced three
times and its handle eleven, but it's still the same super quality hatchet
it always was and will probably last another 300 years.