Being a guy, I like tools. I have a wood shop and a lot of auto mechanical tools for working on the car. Actually, a fair selection if I do say so myself. So when one of those Amazon ads popped up, I clicked on hand tools, just to see what was to be had.
Surprise. Not much in the way of real hand tools for sale. A lot of survivalist throwing axes (tomahawks) and big fighting knives for those getting ready to go back to nature after the bomb. Civilian versions of the Army entrenching tool. Some genuine toys, like Bilbo Baggins' sword. What do you do with that, other than hang it on the wall in the man cave? Small sets of tools for beginning homeowners in neat plastic boxes. Other sets with pink handles for beginning lady homeowners.
No wood chisels, no hand planes, no drills or drillbits, no sets of screwdrivers. No squares of any kind. No saws. No sets of wrenches, other than socket sets.
In short, not many real tools, a lot of silly stuff.
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