Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] now tools...
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 18:44:38 -0400

But of course it does!
Cheers Wilber

InfinityDT@aol.com wrote:

> 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