I get this post completely. It's a symbolic, a piece of your history that's been with you years. It's sad when something like that breaks. I have a 16 year old cup I honestly worry about the day it breaks...

Im like this about anything I have had for awhile. I have this unistrap backpack that you absolutely cannot find anything like it today much less at a good price. zipper only kinda works in one direction but I love that bag.

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RIP Trusty screwdriver. May your turns never cam out and be ever smooth in the big toolbox in the sky.

Good tool is one that gets the job done and you feel good using, ideally it also lasts a long time, but it doesn't have to meet some specific fancyness standards.

Pour one down for the end of a decades old friendship

The loss of a trusty tool is heartbreaking and can also piss a person right off.

There was a time when a craftsman was expected to make a portion of his own tools. And screwdrivers or as the British so eloquently named them - Turn-screws, were some of them. Each tool was hand crafted from iron and wood and made to fit the hand of it's maker perfectly. And every craftsman skill was judged by those tools he made for himself.

I spent a dozen years as a modern day toolmaker. Designing and building the tools needed to manufacture a lot of mundane items around you. And I have a fair number of high precision tools that I have made for myself over the years that no one can just buy. And they made my job easier and my work better.

So grab some steel and wood and make you a screwdriver.

If you like the more traditional shaped handles but want better performing drivers, I wound up liking Swisstool. The tips of their flat head drivers especially are a life saver working on old guns and pinball machines with crappy but hard to replace screws.

Other honorable mention is Vessel ball handle drivers, they're really comfy if you've got painful hands.

Does it screw it?

If you are in Canada, you buy some PicQuic, and you only buy them for the rest of your life. Those screwdrivers are amazing. And ❤️ Robertson.

Sorry for your loss.

I'm obsessed about ones with this style of handle. I rarely use a dedicated screwdriver, mostly a ratcheting bit driver or electric drill, but for example I have this one tiny vintage Stanley flathead that's almost more of a pick and it's such a delight everytime I get to use it.

Years ago i started using a "bit holder" screwdriver instead. It allows me to easily swap out the Phillips bit for any other bit or with an adapter i can put 1/4" drive sockets, extensions, etc on the end as well.

I love the handle on this driver, so it's really nice being able to spread it's usefulness with other bits/sockets. This is the one i like, the German-made Felo model 53711: https://kctool.com/products/felo-magnetic-ergonic-1-4-x-100mm-bit-holder-screwdriver

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