Picked up a glass cutter from 1890 at a yard sale in Ohio

So I grabbed this old wooden handled glass cutter for $3 at a yard sale outside Dayton. The guy said it belonged to his great grandpa who did stained glass work for churches. I looked it up later and it's a Fletcher-Terry model from the 1890s, still cuts clean with a steady hand. Has anyone else scored vintage tools that ended up way more functional than modern versions?

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nora_park723mo ago

Betcha the harbor freight version would shatter by now.

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blairstone3mo ago

Nora, I get where you're coming from but Harbor Freight actually has some decent stuff now. Their Pittsburgh brand impact sockets hold up pretty well in my experience. Been using a set on my air impact for two years and they haven't cracked yet. The cheap stuff you're thinking of was more like their old blue handle tools from ten years ago.

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