Dropped $300 on a fancy trowel that I barely use now

Bought this expensive marshalltown carbon steel trowel about 6 months ago thinking it would make my work way cleaner and faster. Thing is nice and all but honestly my old $40 trowel does the same job. I got caught up in the hype seeing guys on instagram using them. Now it just sits in my box collecting dust. Anyone else fall for the overpriced tool trap?

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wright.leo2mo ago

Yeah that influencer hype gets everyone sometimes.

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jana7692mo ago

That expensive trowel trap got me too with a fancy hammer I barely touch.

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morgan.jason2mo ago

@jana769 that "fancy hammer I barely touch" hits close to home. I kept one of those expensive trowels in a drawer for two years before I finally admitted I was just scared to mess up a perfect edge on it. Best thing I ever did was sell it to a guy who actually uses it and buy a mid-range one that I can beat up without guilt. Funny how a tool that cost half as much ends up doing twice the work when you're not afraid to use it properly.

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