[AT] The old putty knife does it again

[Dave Merchant]

...and here I thought you were going to say you went out in the road after 
it and got hit by a truck!

Seriously, it's good to have several quality levels of tools, some that you 
value,
and some that you aren't afraid of ruining.

Dave Merchant

At 10:17 PM 4/14/2007, Dean Vinson wrote:
>One day about seven years ago I was on my way somewhere and saw a putty
>knife lying in the road.  I drove past it and then thought better of it,
>turned around and got out and waited for traffic to clear then picked it up.
>It's a non-descript little thing, black handle, no markings, blade would
>have been about an inch and a half wide except one corner of it is broken
>off.  I didn't think much of it at the time, but it's been a great little
>tool.  I find myself reaching for it for all sorts of things that I wouldn't
>do with my "good" tools.  Today it was just the right thing to slowly peel
>up and scrape off the old gasket on the rear of the transmission case of my
>Farmall M, as I prepared to put the PTO housing back on.  Right width, right
>degree of flexibility, right feel as I worked that old stuff off of there.
>Made me glad, again, that I turned around for it.
>
>Dean Vinson
>Dayton, Ohio
>www.vinsonfarm.net
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Dave Merchant
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