On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:24:05 +0100, Bill Wright wrote:

On 13/04/2016 16:09, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
I have a Lindstrom pair for PCB work and they were worth the 40 quid I
paid. But I don't use them for everyday 'rough' work.

Decent tools should survive hard work?


I still use a few tools that my dad was given by retirees when he was an
apprentice in 1936.

Bill

I've a few files that friend's father had soon after he became an
apprentice, so about 1920. They were cheap imports from a long-gone
manufacturing third-world country: Sheffield.
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Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway