Tool nostalgia is interesting...maybe it's a quality...
...more likely a disease -
Which I suspect mostly infects old men.
Now everyone loves a new gadget...maybe a new phone...a new cooking utensil...a new grease gun...or something as simple as a new pen.
But tool nostalgia is not about new tools, or the cost of a tool, or even usability of a particular tool, but the meaning an old tool holds for the individual.
Real treasure is an old hatchet...
...last used in the hand of a long missed Dad...and the 'like it just happened yesterday' memories as an 8 year old, watching intently as he deftly split kindling for a campfire.
Or a Grandfather's old shovel - metal worn thin, yet with the linseeded handle, smoothed from work in his calloused hands, still holding firm...
...now hung in a place of respect...
Simply to keep the memories of Granddad and his handed-down work ethic living on...
And likely many have memories of a particular tool no longer in hand...maybe it was a pocket knife...a watch...or even finger nail clippers...which used to be - but exist no more.
An item you long to be able to hold again...not for its value -
But because of the precious memories for the person who once used it...
Let the adventure continue...
I think you have captured this insight well. This is why I kept that shoe box full of old silverware... it reminds me of dinners and laughs that seem so long ago yet also yesterday.
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