Stories — Tools on Tuesdays
Custom tools
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Makers often end up crafting their own tools, geared specifically to the needs of their work. Carpenters build jigs, metalworkers forge hammers and saws, all sorts of tools get jerry-rigged and co-opted in the pursuit of making.
My favorite apple peeler
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I'm discovering just how many tools I use in the kitchen. This one may be the most fun of all.
Potato masher collection
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Continuing with the show and tell of old kitchen tools, here is my beloved potato masher collection.
Vintage spatula
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It's becoming apparent how much affection I have for slightly gnarly old kitchen tools.
Granny's red scissors
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I love everything about these scissors. I don't use them—the hinge is kind of loose and they're blunt and I have a better, newer pair of kitchen scissors—but I like to keep them around, where I'll set eyes on them daily.