Old vs. New

[pt109]

having the memory and feel of any old tool is wonderful instead of the new ones, if you have lived it.
and i still use 30 to 60 plus year old golf clubs and you dont want to gamble with me after making a game.
virtually all my tools are american made ones from decades back.
its just something about it like having an old friend. some wont understand.

I had a set of Accuforms for 30 years…..I was playing in a Board of Trade tournament with a borrowed set and I had a good drive on a par five.
Going for the green would take a wood….I chickened out and hit a four iron….it stayed in the air and landed on the green…sunk the putt for eagle…..within a week I bought a set…my friends said they were hard to hit…told them if you can’t hit the sweet spot, go home.
Had a Hogan 4.50 wood…kept it through every set….Nicklaus had a three wood he kept for years.

 

[Fore Rail]

i still use 30 to 60 plus year old golf clubs and you dont want to gamble with me after making a game.

Straight up at Collindale Golf Course from the Black Tees.

I'll let you play my son in law. If you can't beat him, you sure as hell aren't beating me.

 

[Mensabum]

having the memory and feel of any old tool is wonderful instead of the new ones, if you have lived it.
and i still use 30 to 60 plus year old golf clubs and you dont want to gamble with me after making a game.
virtually all my tools are american made ones from decades back.
its just something about it like having an old friend. some wont understand.

Any guy who grew up working with his hands knows exactly what you're talking about. Tools breed familiarity, like an old friend. Feels good in your hand. Warm to the touch. It knows what you expect from it. Newbies, I'm medicated. Often as possible.

 

[Biloxi Boy]

My grandfather built 12 to 70 foot wooden boats -- from skiffs to schooners, even glass bottomed boats for Wakulla Springs. He had an electric band saw and an electric planer. Everything else was hand driven. And, trust me, he held firm beliefs as to when and how each was to be correctly employed.