Pete999

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Told you I was bored, anyway I was sat thinking about all the old tools I used to have, and wish I had managed to keep them, one of the screwdrivers that I always used was a Stanley one, a lot of Electricians used them, I think there were two sizes with black wooden fluted handles (way before VDE) there was a plastic ring where the blade met the handle assembly which acted as an insulator, basically you could do a live terminal up without getting a belt, provided you only held the handle, saw one at a boot sale some years back, wish I had bought it, just to reminisce, but sadly didn't bother.

Another thing I used was the Gladstone bag the type that plumbers used, chuck it on the floor and all your tools were there in all their splender, make a bit of a mockery of the Veto brigade I know, I have my tin hat on, ready for all the old man jokes so fire away boys, I guess my post is asking do any of the older statesmen have any stories of old tools, no not old tools like me thanks, and whilst I 'm on does anyone have one of those driver they want rid of?
 
Too young for this thread really but when I started out my grandad gave me all his wooden handled screwdrivers, a metal cantilever tool box and his Yankee screwdriver

still got it all somewhere but I didn't use them for long I was given the RS catalogue and a budget for the basics when I started my apprenticeship
 
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