Pawn Shop, Flea Market, or Estate Sale: Where the Real Tools Are

More of the old ways of looking, here: https://earlcorrigan.com There are three places a man hunts for real tools, the old well-made ones that outlast anything new, and they are not equal. A pawn shop, a flea market, and an estate sale. One sells you convenience, one sells you a gamble, and one sells you a whole lifetime of tools at once, for the price of a few Saturdays. Most folks hunt the wrong one. I spent forty years on the floor of foundries and mills, and a good many weekends after chasing good tools through all three. In this one I give you the honest truth about each: what each one is good for, where the bargains hide, how the timing works at an estate sale, and where the real old gems actually are. Plus how to spot a tool worth real money, and how to dodge the fake antiques. No brands. Just the truth.