Garage Gazette

General Category => GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC => Topic started by: hickory n Steel on March 24, 2021, 08:28:44 PM

Title: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on March 24, 2021, 08:28:44 PM: I was at the hardware store today and I saw something I had never seen before, and it almost made me wish I had a book I could cover myself with.
Luckily I contained myself, picked my jaw up off the floor, and walked out with my dignity in tact.

I could do without them and have not pulled the trigger yet, but I don't think I have ever been as in awe of a tool as I was when I saw these Hickok bypass loppers.
(https://i.postimg.cc/sg7f9xR7/2-source-1421998687.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gxcPGYj2)

They're about $75 if I'm not mistaken, I've got the money and I know they'll likely be a lifelong tool but it's kind of a hard purchase to justify.
It's not that much money, but it just seems like a lot for a pair of loppers.

My logic is always to take only the cost into account and if it's not a whole lot of money then it shouldn't matter what the item is, but I'm just not sure I need a $75 pair of loppers.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: bonneyman on March 24, 2021, 11:41:44 PM: Well, you're a better man than I. Whenever I see a tool that lights up my eye I usually buy it.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on March 25, 2021, 10:38:02 AM: Quote from: bonneyman on March 24, 2021, 11:41:44 PM
Well, you're a better man than I. Whenever I see a tool that lights up my eye I usually buy it.
I'm thinking of going back and buying them, since I realized that Corona has a similarly priced pair that's imported I'm a bit less apprehensive about the price.

Btw I just realized that picture is for the vine loppers, not the standard branch loppers.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on March 25, 2021, 07:28:18 PM: Well I just couldn't resist.
Btw they were $70, not $75.
(https://i.postimg.cc/NMjFqNDQ/20210325-170616.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kVLqWvLH)

And this is probably the biggest reason these drew me in.
(https://i.postimg.cc/tJ1g7Y8f/20210325-170627.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/n9JxPcFY)

I just could not stop thinking about them.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: jabberwoki on March 25, 2021, 08:03:42 PM: Sounds like you should stay away from the YMCA for a while.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on March 25, 2021, 08:08:05 PM: Quote from: jabberwoki on March 25, 2021, 08:03:42 PM
Sounds like you should stay away from the YMCA for a while.
Do they even still have those ?
My brother and his boyfriend might know, should I ask him ? :))
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: slip knot on March 25, 2021, 08:20:48 PM: Not sure I've ever gotten that excited over a tool. :lol_hitting: Cars maybe but not tools. :steeringwheel:

I bought a set of loppers back 25+ yrs ago. probably every bit as expensive as yours and they've been the best. NEVER loan them to someone else, you wont get them back. I had to go hunt mine down twice. :character0029:
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on March 25, 2021, 10:12:53 PM: Quote from: slip knot on March 25, 2021, 08:20:48 PM
Not sure I've ever gotten that excited over a tool. :lol_hitting: Cars maybe but not tools. :steeringwheel:

I bought a set of loppers back 25+ yrs ago. probably every bit as expensive as yours and they've been the best. NEVER loan them to someone else, you wont get them back. I had to go hunt mine down twice. :character0029:
I've got some cheap old beaters I could loan or just give them if I had to.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: TexasT on April 04, 2021, 08:10:49 PM: I justify stuff like that by figuring they will last ten yrs and dividing the cost by ten. This makes me feel better about the pricey stuff.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on April 05, 2021, 06:02:24 AM: If this don't give you a chub for American made goodness I don't know what will.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Px3f9PpX/EG-1200x630-1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
You can see they made sure to put the USA in a different spots on them, and they made sure the USA was deeply forged into the lower jaw too.

You just gotta love it.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: pep on April 22, 2021, 08:24:48 PM: Not seeing but yes using.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: stokester on April 22, 2021, 08:31:24 PM: Looks a lot like the Stihl PL30.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on April 23, 2021, 10:20:28 AM: Quote from: stokester on April 22, 2021, 08:31:24 PM
Looks a lot like the Stihl PL30.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Hickock is the OEM for Stihl.
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: stokester on April 23, 2021, 10:34:30 AM: "out on a limb" I get it! :))
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: fatfillup on April 23, 2021, 04:32:41 PM: Quote from: stokester on April 23, 2021, 10:34:30 AM
"out on a limb" I get it! :))

He's barking up the wrong tree
Title: Re: Ever get " excited " when you see a tool ?
Post by: hickory n Steel on April 24, 2021, 05:35:55 PM: Quote from: stokester on April 23, 2021, 10:34:30 AM
"out on a limb" I get it! :))
:-[ :-[
Somehow I didn't even catch the unintentional pun.
I must've been tired or something.