#toolpatina

[mercenarygarage]

A Tale of Two Stanley's... I bought these two knives in 1996. The orange one I never took to and it developed it's lovely patina passively, rattling around in various tool boxes. The other knife WORKED to get that patina! For 26 years and hundreds of projects and hundreds of installs. Blood, sweat, dirt, stress and adrenaline in every scratch and scrape. I just realised how much I love that tool. I'm wondering should I retire it to a display case? Or continue using it? The thing still works as well as it ever did. But I'd be upset if I lost it after so long... #Stanley #StanleyKnife #StanleyTools #Stanley10018 #ToolPatina #Patina #Mercenary #MercenaryEngineering #MercenaryMotorcycles #MercenaryMotorcycleWorkshop #MercenaryGarage (at Dublin, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cel6OViIk2k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=