As a diy-er Always found it funny how YouTubers always have the most pristine tools while professionals will have the dingiest, sketchiest tools. Granted, YouTubers are representing their craft but the two (professional and YouTuber) are very distinct from each other.
It’s ok to have tools that look like they’ve gone through hell and back, because that’s the only way you know they have.
There’s a joke in the climbing community, “never trust a person with shiny gear”, and I think it might well apply to DIY as well
This is why I was so hesitant to buy new climbing shoes, even though mine were completely falling apart. I didn’t want to go back to being seen as a newb when not on the wall.
Aww, I’m sure nobody would actually look down on new shoes; it’s not like they don’t wear and you can only resole them a few times before they’re better off being retired. Plus anybody who actually gets judgy is an asshole anyhow
Nobody who matters judges new shoes, but you can also extend the life of your shoes by resoling them before they get torn up. https://rockandresole.com/ does mail in resoling, but there could be a place near you. Huge savings considering the cost of shoes these days. I have a few pairs I rotate through while some are being resoled
This is a fair part assesment, however you also have to consider how people take care of their tools. A 40 year old tool that looks as beat up as a 5 year old tool has been taken care of better by the owner/user.
That said, I feel like we all have that massive sacrificial flat head that’s no longer flat, super warped, got electrical bites, and still keeps chugging.
The best musicians can often be seen creating the most dulcet tones on the most dirty, busted, and worn-in instruments.
It’s easy to look young when I hardly ever go out in the sunlight.
I now hold a support function for this offshore system that deals with seabottom equipment. But I used to be a “backdeck monkey” myself. It was real dirty work, because the hardware came back on board covered in mud, clay, and whatever else was down there. We always made fun of geophysicists during man over board drills and such, because their coveralls were always the cleanest, to the point of being shiny.
Mine were so dirty they could almost stand upright on their own. And this despite washing them daily.
We’ve all had managers that fit this meme perfectly.
Just saw a Steve mould YT short: every time you sharpen a pencil, you’re at best removing 2/3 of the lead so that you can use 1/3 of it to write. At worst, your removing like 9/10 of the pencil
Mechanical pencils for the win! Did you know there’s even ones that rotate the lead for you as you write so there’s always a sharp point?
rotate the lead for you as you write so there’s always a sharp point
which ones? never heard of it but sounds cool.
