Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Leica of tools is Snap-On...expensive, exquisite, precision to the nth degree and made to work hard and last a lifetime. My father had a set of Snap-On socket wrenches and after more than 50 years of hard use the sockets were not gored anywhere and the ratchet worked like new...but the parts were still available to rebuild it if it had failed. If someone hadn't helped themselves to the set I'd have it today. My own set dates back to the early 70's...my friends all thought I was crazy to spend that much, especially because I wasn't a "professional". "Buy Sears Craftsman" they said. Craftsman is the Nikon of tools. Tough, gets the job done maybe just as well, but it just doesn't feel quite the same. The Snap-Ons made me *feel* like a master, and the attitude boost helped the results. The same is true of the Leica, for me. So does the tool make a difference? I think it does. DT