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Beading Blog - thebroadroom.net: Tool thoughts
Tool thoughts
posted by Colleen Shirazi,
May 24, 2007
at 2:59 PM (Pacific)
I'm analyzing my tool set today. Basically deciding which tools to spend more $ on and which can be used inexpensively. I feel this is a personal decision and not something about which you can issue cookie-cutter advice.
Some people believe it's best to buy the best tools possible up front--which usually means the most expensive--because that way, you learn on good tools and cut your learning curve.
Some people believe that if you learn on tools that aren't top-of-the-line, you will be a stronger crafter, since you make the tools work for you.
I'm a bit in-between; I do think you should start out on tools that aren't top-of-the-line. Part of it will be to see how interested you are in the craft. If you drop it after a while, you won't be out that much $.
If you decide you like it, that's when you'll have a much more concrete idea which tools should be more expensive and which of your initial, less expensive tools will still work for you.
I should clarify...some "more expensive" tools are cheaper in the long run. I'm reminded of a pair of haircutting scissors I bought back in Virginia, when I was a teenager. I believe they were $15, which, in that time and place, was a lot of money for haircutting scissors. Exotically, they were made in Germany and for whatever reason, I bought them at that beauty supply shop in downtown Norfolk.
Those scissors stayed perfectly sharp for more than twenty years with no sharpening or other maintenance. They saw many a home haircut and trim. It's only now that they don't seem quite as sharp as before...I'm estimating 25 years because I'm not sure exactly how old I was when I bought them. Pretty darn good for $15.
So that's the kind of analysis I'm doing today:
- How often do I use this tool?
- What criticisms do I have of the tool I'm currently using?
- How would my work be improved by the new tool?
- How long do I expect the new tool to last?
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