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Rant: Used a $10 trowel from the hardware store on a dig in Colorado and it bent after 3 holes. Switched to a proper archaeology trowel and the difference was night and day.
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claire_barnes7420d ago
read somewhere those cheap hardware store trowels are just thin sheet metal stamped out.
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mary_schmidt19d ago
Those cheap trowels actually work perfectly fine for most weekend projects. The stamped metal holds up just as well as forged ones for spreading mortar on a few paver stones or doing a small brick repair. Plus they weigh less so your wrist doesn't get as tired after an hour of work. For the 5 bucks they cost you can replace it every couple years and still come out ahead.
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