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A customer at the county fair asked me to fix his great-grandfather's hammer
He brought it to my demo booth last fall. The handle was split and the head was loose. I told him I could wedge a new hickory handle in about twenty minutes. While I worked, he told me his grandpa used it in a railroad shop in Chattanooga. Made me think about the tools we keep using. Anyone ever had a repair job come with a story like that?
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charles_baker287d ago
Imagine trusting a guy at a fair with your great-grandpa's hammer. I guess @jordan_henderson13 and I are the weird ones for keeping our old tools locked up. That thing probably has more miles on it than my car.
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evan5437d ago
You ever fix something and just hope the ghost of the guy who used it first approves? I'm always one bad swing away from ruining a piece of history.
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jordan_henderson137d ago
Wait, he just walked up to a random demo booth with a family heirloom? That's a wild level of trust. I'd be terrified to hand over something that old and meaningful to a stranger at a fair, no matter how good they are. What if you'd just been some guy who watched a YouTube video once? My grandad's old wrench stays in the garage where it belongs.
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