Post #248772 by Benzart on Sun, Aug 13, 2006 6:45 PM

Look at the ancients tools back in the stone age they used stone chisels that worked,,sort-of. Then along came soft metal, did they say "Not for me, I'm a purist and the old wayz are z best?" No Way, they jumped right in to the bronze tools and then steel came along and did they stick with the Old again? Crap NO, man they want what cuts the best and FASTEST. Speed was the thing. Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie..
Along came power tools, do we stick our stuffy noses inn the air claiming to be Purists, "the Old ways are the best"??? Gimmie a break and then show me the Power cord.
There is a place and time for every tool. Just because you have a chainsaw, doesn't mean you carve the whole piece with it, you use it to rrrremove the largest pieces of wood as possible, then go to hand chisel, and if you are doing a repetative type section like hair or waves or such, then bring out the power chisel. when you get to the fine detail you put it away
If these pureists are REALLY that pure, they should be using stone and glass tools. but they don't so what gives? They are Selective purists meaning they want to use Only the old tools they like but not all./
So remember that when you buy tools You wnat a tool for every ocassion!