Why Adam Savage Will Never Open This Package
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- Adam has shared his love and affection for the vintage Stanley Workmaster screwdriver design, and fans have since sent some from their own workbenches to help Adam complete his set. This mailbag features still-in-package original examples of the Workmaster screwdriver found at a garage sale. Thanks to Conrad for sending these screwdrivers to add to Adam's collection!
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He literally sent it to one of the few guys out there that will geek over a an old (but gold) screwdriver. Well done.
Exactly. He knew who he was sending it to.
Stuff like this makes me think there’s hope for humanity yet
@@petergentry9995 There isn't though.
I served 20 years in Navy Aviation (1972-1992) with about 3 years running the Squadron Tool Control Program in my final years, and 18 months calibrating torque wrenches, pressure gages and cable tensiometers. I learned a bit about inspecting and caring for tools used on aircraft.
I resell on eBay and I always buy vintage new Stanley screwdrivers when I find them. Lots of people want them and it's an easy flip.
Now, that's a gift. He clearly appreciated those screwdrivers himself in that mint condition. Whether he realised Adam would appreciate them more, or whether it was out of appreciation for all Adam has done, giving these away was a sacrifice.
I appreciate any driver that doesn't shred itself bc made from crummy metal. So many chinesium driver points out there! All 100% disposable after first use. How did we get here??
@@The-KPprofit over quality you know. You know how we got here. It’s too easy to import things and profit as the middle man than to make thing in-situ
My dad once told me: Never respect a man who has no respect for tools.... advice that has served me well my entire life.
Your dad's a good man. Mine taught me how to test for live wires by taste. He wasn't a great influence lol
this is very solid advice
That is a very accurate benchmark
Most of the best carpenters I've worked with has had a high respect for their tools, but all of the bad carpenters I've met treated their tools like shit.
As an electrician, this is a lesson I learned early even in my apprenticeship. The guys who kept a clean van and took care of not only their tools, but borrowed tools as well, were the ones you wanted to ~really~ learn everything you could from, while the dudes with trashed vans and busted tools were the ones you never let borrow so much as a hammer. Suffice to say, I now keep an immaculate van, care for my tools, and clean borrowed tools off before handing them back to their owner's hand directly.
Watching you geek out over such seemingly mundane things is a joy I cannot describe and will always cherish. Adam Savage, you are a treasure.
I'm so sorry for the loss of that original Stanley screwdriver of your fathers. It would be beautiful to see it returned somehow.
haha, yeah I randomly clicked this video, and now I'm just sitting here gutted thinking about that :(
I loved this video!
Unfortunately, bastards like that don't care. When i was a kid, my father and i went into a kmart for some stuff and on the way out he won a Tasmanian Devil plush from a vending machine. We stopped at a gas station, it was mid day, lots of people around. We went in, come out, only to find someone broke into his truck to specifically steal the Tasmanian devil plush he won. Granted, with his luck and skill it only costed him 25 cents. But he was seething over the concept of breaking into a vehicle to steal a kids toy.
probably got sold to someone not long after it was stolen, it's out in the world somewhere, perhaps in an unused tool box in a garage gathering dust. The chances of ever finding it again are so tiny but it would be crazy if one day it re-appeared with the identifying blue paint on the end.
I had a half pound hammer like that a few years back.
When it was gone I bought the most similar looking one I could find and spent a few hours sanding the handle and head to the same size and shape.
It's not the same but it's close enough.
There is nothing more satisfying then giving something to someone, be it gift or donation etc and seeing the genuine pleasure and enjoyment that person gets from it. Knowing you did right, chose right is just such an awesome feeling. I bet that's how the gentleman who gave these to Adam feels just top of the world seeing Adam make a video to show it off and thank him.
Family story: way back when, my parents loaned a wooden-handle screwdriver to some friends, didn’t get it back for years (and Mum probably used it at much as Dad did). One year, those friends returned it as a Christmas gift. Ever since then, that screwdriver has been a Holiday decoration. We’d put it under the Christmas tree each year, and pack it away with the ornaments in January.
Wait, did the friend gave only the screwdriver back as a Christmas present? That's... an odd move. I'll leave it at that. :)
(and Mum probably used it as much as Dad did) 😏
@@lanzer22 Yeah, but it wasn’t odd, that was the dynamic of the friendship. Joking around, oddball gag gifts, stuff like that. And my parents kept that screwdriver separate to remember those friends, have a chuckle over it years later. Trust me, they found it funny.
@@thebitterfig9903 without context it certainly sounded weird but with the background that the screwdriver had probably been an in joke between the two then it all makes sense!
It may be as simple as the friends finding it in a drawer one day and realizing that they had never returned it😮
Conrad, I’ve never met you, but on behalf of all of Adam’s fans, I’d like to say what you did is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time! Bravo!❤
Working as an engineer in Sheffield UK in the 90's where Stanley has a factory, Stanley tools have always had a place in my heart.
Stanley is the world's toolbox.
Was that the one on Rutland Road?
And in say 40 years, Adam's descendants can travel to THE REPAIR SHOP and ask those descendants of the current crew of craftspeople to restore the cardboard that is holding the units. Those folks are absolute masters when it comes to bringing things back to life.
They took over the Titan Chisel foundry in Tasmania; I've got a box of some of the last Tassie-made Stanley chisels in my shed.
@@hoilst265
Are they the solid red handled ones ?
Times are very odd in America and I keep coming back to your channel as a reprieve from the outside world. You bring solace and balance to a difficult to navigate globe. Thank you.
The commercial at the end was the cherry on top!!!
Right?
Oh man that was a thing of beauty. I had read your comment and was still pleasantly surprised when I found out what you were talking about about.
Lol, that was great! I was afraid something interrupted Adam (it actually happened yesterday on a sports stream,lol. Two guys talking from different states, and an ad just started talking over them!)
Added with love by somebody who clearly probably not seen a 70s commercial
Yes, that was really great. Fooled me for a moment. What fun!
Conrad is a Legend. My sons bought be TWO brand new 1982 stanley 25 foot tape measures for Christmas. One to use, one to keep in package. Good young men I have
I still have my dad's old Stanley tape measure. About ready for its third tape change.
My husband's most treasured possession was a huge Craftsman tool box complete with tools. His grandfather (an engineer) gave it to him on his 18th birthday in 1975.
I still have my set, a Christmas gift from my parents circa 1970. I completely understand why it is so meaningful.
It's amazing to me the amount of joy I get from watching a 4 minute video of a man discussing a screwdriver and telling stories.
My late father was a foreman engineer and had a myriad of tools, the favourite of both his and mine were a set of Stanley Yankee ratchet screwdrivers. He died nearly twenty years ago and my stepmother (who inherited all property and possessions) never spoke after that. I'm now 54, and have been tinkering with my own megre tools, aiming to enlarge my inventory. Every time I see a Yankee driver, I think of him and the times I was his little helper in the workshop. Thank you for the upload, I'm certain that your story will ring true with nearly everyone.
My Dad had 2 of those, one larger, and one smaller. He loved that thing so much, he dropped it of his boat docked at Edgewater Marina in Cleveland into Lake Erie. Off came the shoes, pocks emptied and over he went after it. You bet he found it. I got my own about 15 years later and still have it.
I had a Yankee gave it a away a few years back as it was never used, worked in buildings as an electrician and as I worked on a tower screwing in saddles for conduit of trunking I used a jubilee clip on the shaft to stop it from rolling off the tower.
DUDE!! I have 2!! One was my dad's and is older than me and I am almost 63. Once had to send it back to Stanley for repair. Love my Yankee Drill - ratcheting screwdriver.
My dad gave me a craftsman wrench set when I was 16
Still have it
And use the wrenches daily.
Same here, though it was Gedore, which is a massive seller, and while the new sets do not come in a steel box any more, they are still sold. Also have a set of Chinese sockets my father bought, brand new, for around $2, because the one size they did not include in the set was the 13mm socket, the most used one. So all he did was add one from his collection of odd sockets, and I still use it as well.
That's the thing with good tools: buy once, cry once. If you treat them well, it is an investment, not a purchase. Tools can easily last a lifetime.
When I was 16 and Christmas came my mother gave me a 300 piece Craftsman Mechanics tool set with a 3 drawer chest to commemorate me getting my license and a car. Im 57 now, and I still have that set and the chest. Although they have been aged and worn as you would expect 40+ years to do. I covet them like few other of my possessions, both for the memories of my mother but also for the vast amount of repairs that they have given me. I took it to heart so well that I did the same for my own children when they hit that milestone.
May your blue tipped screwdriver find its way back to you
@@chogidog I bought the 174-pc Craftsman socket/wrench set at Sears in late 1995. If I had known what was going to happen with those brands, I'd have saved my pennies and splurged on the biggest set!
@@leftedgemethod Do you all still have the 10mm sockets and 3/16" wrenches? Those suckers disappear from every set I've ever had.
I loved this video. I'm 63 and feel the same way about my old Craftsman screwdriver. My three kids (now all in their 30's) all got Craftsman screwdrivers from me when they were young kids. They all still love them. Even my 30 daughter. When their mom got remarried my then, 6 year old daughter proudly proclaimed."I have more tools than my new stepdad." Thanks again fro the heart warming video.
My dad had a bunch of tools. Most of them, by default, went to my youngest brother after dad passed away. A point of contention because I was never even asked by my mother if I wanted any of them. They just sort of became my brothers. The exception, is a screwdriver that dad gave me years ago when he was still alive. It is a Craftsman 41294 which is a #1 Phillips. Clear, but now yellowed clear, handle with a blue band around the base of the handle, mostly now worn off. I had asked dad if I could borrow a phillips years ago to do some work on a computer. I was probably 14 at the time. He handed me this one and told me to keep it. It had been obviously most recently used to stir a can of blue paint, lol. This was probably ~1994 if not a year or so prior. It's one of the only tools dad ever gave me as I was not the "mechanic" in the family I was the computer guy. This screw driver is everything to me. It has been involved in every desktop PC, laptop, server, piece of network gear, or any other electronics hardware that has a phillips screw in it. And just a few days ago putting the rack mount ears on my new 2.5gbt network switch for my home lab. I keep this screwdriver close to me. I don't loan it out, I don't even use it outside that often and it never leaves my hand except for my pocket. I don't lay it down. So I can very much relate to you having at least some of your father's tools. My dad was a jack of all trades, master of none type but was very much a DIY'er. Something that all of us brothers inherited to some degree. Thank you for sharing your story! Your career and your talent never ceases to amaze me, especially as I have zero artistic talent. lol. Again thank you for sharing everything that you do, Adam.
I love the craftsman screwdrivers handles those are my favorite, all Philips have a blue band and if I remember correctly the flat heads have a red band, torx heads are a black band, the nut drivers have a grey handle with bands different colors for sizes
I have the same Stanley #2 Phillips from my dad. I'm 57 and recall seeing Dad's hands using that screwdriver from the late 70s through the 80s as a kid. It's the best handle and feel of any screwdriver ever. It's my favorite.
What a nice,kind gesture to send you those.
Love to see Adam get excited over something so simple as a new old stock screwdriver, it’s the little thing that makes you happy
Never have i thought that i would enjoy a 5 minute video of a man talking about his screwdrivers 😂
When I was 8 years old, my father bought me a kid's tool kit. That was 61 years ago, so they were real, but smaller tools. I still have the wooden handled flathead screwdriver. The shaft is slightly bent from trying to pry something open once upon a time, but I will keep it as long as I live.
A couple of years later, I used the tool kit to completely disassemble my father's wind-up alarm clock. He came home from work and saw the clock parts spread all over his bed cover. He said, "You better be able to put that together the way it was." And I did. That was when I fell in love with taking things apart and putting them back together again. I eventually got a job with IBM, fixing PCs, printers, and laptops.
Was that one of those tool kits that had the blue paint at the butt end of the wooden handles?
Yes! They were real tools, I still have a flat blade screw driver and small claw hammer after over 50 years, myself!
@@randallrun It sounds like it might be the same, or at least similar, tool kit. There was a small claw hammer and other tools I can't remember. I can't vouch for the original paint color as it wore off many years ago from use.
I certainly understand having the two precious screwdrivers and not wanting to open them. I could see a one day build of a display case on the horizon!
My dad gave me an Armstrong 3/8” drive ratchet when I was 10 years old to start my tool collection. When I started my own shop, that ratchet was always my go to. The feel of it, the nostalgia, everything. I broke it when I was 40 years old. Few weekends after that I was at my dad’s and told him that I broke that ratchet and how upset I was about it. He walked over to one of his tool boxes and grabbed 4 more out of the drawer said to take two, one to us and one for a backup. Thank god he’s a tool hoarder.
If somebody asked me to close my eyes and picture a screw driver -- the Stanley Workmaster #2 Phillips would instantly appear in my mind. That was our family's primary screwdriver as I grew up in the 80's.
I agree because when I envision an electric guitar, the Fender Stratocaster comes to mind. Same for tools, I grew up with Stanley tools in Singapore so I envision a Stanley screwdriver with that yellow / black handle.
This is the type of stuff i need to see in 2024. I remember back in the day my neighbors and I would just randomly show up at each others garages with a beer and swap insignificant tools (but insanely significant to us) just for the friendship. Our youth is missing this type of comradorey and it's severely effecting this country in a negative way.
Hard hittin New Britain.
RIP Stanley Works. If you know, you know. We will never see quality at scale like that again.
Unless craftsman turn against corporate profiteering, or thrift vs quality, and make the tools they want to use.
Why resign yourself when you can excel?
I remember the factory we moved to new britain in the 90s and the factory was already shutting down piece by piece I remember sneaking in and finding drums of steel balls didn't know after the time what they where for
The level of appreciation you have for such tools despite so many of us overlooking them for just another screwdriver is kind of crazy. The fact they're in still in the original packaging is something else.
In the early 1990s I complained to my Dad that I didn’t have a single good screwdriver in my toolbox. He bought me a set of Craftsman professional screwdrivers, the black handle ones. I still use that set to this day, although carefully. Dad has been gone for 18 years and I remember him every day using tools like this.
I’ve lost precious family heirlooms to theft that had little to no monetary value but were priceless to me. That pain never really goes away because you feel like you’ve lost that little connection to someone you cared about.
My family doesn't understand the depth of my connection to my Grandfather's 1973 Ford F-100 pickup truck that has been passed around the family since about '78. But you've kind of summed it up. Thank you.
I still have my dad's old Sears tools in his old Sears tool box that he had purchased before I was born, I'm 60 years old now and I will always keep that the rest of my life, there's something truly special about those old original tools❤
When I was 16 (1976), I purchased a few tools to call my own, and one was a 65-302 Workmaster #2 Philips. I still have it, the two Stanly straight blade screwdrivers, adjustable wrench, vise grips and slip joint pliers I bought that day. From Jamesway discount department store. For Christmas, my parents gave me a Wards Powerkraft socket set, and Proto metric combination wrenches, which I still have and use.
I recently have been purposely buying hand tools that are not made of rubber. Dipped handles are okay. Rubber eventually goes back to goo and this is a prime example of tools lasting with no rubber. Beautiful.
Im so upset snapon got rid of the plastic handle.
I too have a set of old screwdrivers that were given to me by my grandfather when I was 15. They’re Craftsman but old school, and the two Phillips ones are still my go-tos … 45 years later!
Shout out to Stanley! I started working on cars with Walmart tools, they used to sell very good Stanley ratchets and sockets that no longer exist. Stanley is incredibly underrated
I know it's RUclips cliche but this is the content I'm here for
Yeah, this was cool and made me think of my dad :)
Adam knows we’re as excited as he is about some old screwdrivers, lol
@@DoctorX17 way more excited than I had any right to be 😂
Totally agree! It's crazy how much crap there is- and people watch it! But this is THE destination. We have arrived😃😉
@@goosenotmaverick1156 especially since we’re not the ones holding them XD but I’m so happy for him! Envious, but happy
New-Old Stock is a miracle, the decision trees necessary to keep something like that (or anything similar) in it's package is mind boggling.
My father had a set of Stanley screwdrivers when I was a kid in the 90s. The one with the black handle and yellow in between. It was the first set of screwdrivers I ever used when my father was teaching me about repair and woodworking. He is the reason why I am a maker today. Unfortunately he got rid of all his tools, but I'm slowly building my own setup since I've been using big box sets and they get the job done but I do want to have a really nice set of tools in my workshop.
Dad always cheaped out on tools, but had inherited a number of good old stuff. Probably a lot that would go back to 1910's, and he fixed bicycles and accordions so there was a number of tools that I never learned the names for.
I've a few Stanley stubby drivers with that colour scheme that I forget where came from, but when I started building up my tool collection, it was mostly for doing electronic repairs so it's a very mixed bag of brands. It's quite mixed between sets and individual too.
A red a black Britool PH1 with a 25cm shaft got a lot of use when working on ghettoblasters with deeply recessed screws. It's also an unusual tip that has done ph0 and ph2.
When I was young I never knew screwdrivers had actual Sizes. When Dad needed me to fetch one he gave me 3 Parameters: Head Type (Phillips or Flathead), Length (Long or Short), Tip Size (Small, Regular, Large). and generally if it didn't quite fit you just Pushed harder. Watching at the 4:11 moment I see that driver has a flat tip. now I'm curious why so I am going to go do some googling and expand my screwdriver knowledge.
It’s a shame so many companies these days often don’t go to the trouble of naming a particular design for their tool sets apart from the model numbers, it definitely had a certain charm that adds to the nostalgia.
They did make a Stanley workmaster bit driver version I happen to own one so if you find one you can use your Robertson bits
Most of the tool makers number their tools. You just haven't been looking.
@@thedangerzone9399 I could have been more clear, I wasn’t suggesting a lack of model numbers that every modern product has, just that they don’t seem to have common names that are immediately recognizable like “Workmaster” as often anymore. It’s much easier to know what someone is talking about when they say they own a Stanley Workmaster or Handyman screw driver set as opposed to the Stanley set “STHT60025” without looking it up. Of course, the modern naming convention is there if you look and way more useful for managing stock and searching for the exact product you are looking for, it’s just not as fun!
@@thedangerzone9399 He said name the design not number. As in Workmaster in this case.
Wera names a lot of their tools.
Adam, thanks for making this video, my father worked for Stanley tools for many years and passed away when I was young. I still have a few of these as well and they mean a lot to me but they are all just the best tools of the trade.
Several years after Stanley transitioned from wooden to plastic handles for their ratchet screwdrivers, I stumbled across a long wooden handled version 8,000 miles away in the Falklands. It was thankfully not amongst the many (mostly) antique apprentice tools that were later stolen and even now, 40+ years later evokes memories every time I use it. Hand tools have a very, very personal history and I will never forgive those who steal them.
Sorry for loosing that tool from your dad. Those hand me downs mean so much, especially when days are hard and you can use those tools to bring the memories back of lost loved ones. My dad passed a few years ago and using his tools always bring me so much happiness and the memories of life lessons being taught to me. ❤
My dad passed away in '98. I was in college and didn't have anywhere to keep his tools, so my mother gave them a way. I was lucky enough, though, to find a few of them later on and still have them: A Mack ratchet that was my grandfathers from sometime in the 50's, with his initials scratched into the handle. A pair of Crescent waterpump pliers. A tape measure with all the numbers worn off. And a set of pipe clamps. I treasure all of them and use them frequently. I'd be heartbroken if they were ever taken.
what was her rush to get rid of them?
@@user-hd8ej8yx9p She couldn't afford the mortgage after he died.
I am blessed to have some of my great-grandfathers tools. Naturally, I have tools from my father and grandfather. I am a tool freak, so I am so proud to have tools that other people don't know what they are. Circumference wheels, spoke shaves, etc.
The tool nerd in me (which is pretty much all of me) really enjoyed this.
I'd like to say: those are some pretty tough screwdrivers. They served as pry bars in a lot of drum brake jobs.
They served as pry bars in a LOT of applications. Hell, I think they were pry bars more than they were screwdrivers in my family's usage.
If I'm not mistaken, we even used those to do some demolition!
But the tri-lobe or triangular handles are something to appreciate. Also, the sheer quality of the steel.
Generally, I have always used the Craftsman screwdrivers to turn screws, but those Stanleys definitely have a place in my heart and toolbox.
Nothing more beautiful than passionate people sharing their joy and excitement
He's right. I have several of these and they are the best.
I also have one of my dad's old, paint-splattered, chipped screwdrivers. A 10" flat that was on his bench for decades.
Same here, a large flat bladed one with a clear red tinted acetal handle, which has not yet gone bad.
In-hand feel is a very overlooked aspect of almost everything nowdays. This was so cool!
Thank you once again for my morning grins. Always a joy to enjoy your jubilation🌻😊🌻
It is very wholesome. I love it.
I love how genuinely thankful and happy he is that this was sent to him
My favorite screwdriver is my General standard muti-set. It us black and the bottom is a magneticly closed sliding tool carousel with 14 of the standard torque, Philips, flat and square double sided bits. The grip feels great and the little plastic bit around the shaft spins so when you are tightening things down you can maintain your grip. The...pommel?/ tool carousel also spins for when you want to maintain pressure while twisting. When a bit isn't in place, the shaft is a 1/4" socket. I've had it for over 10 years and it is invaluable
I used my dad's screwdrivers (old craftsman) for a few years after he passed. I was on a job one day and misplaced one and I spent the afternoon tearing the building apart I was working on to find this screwdriver, which put me way behind schedule. Before this, I didn't realize how much they ment to me or what it ment losing one. I retired the set and they are in my home tool kit which never gets used. My first father's day gift from my kids was a set of craftsman screwdrivers. Not the same but still have meaning to me. Thank you for the content.
"I've always been garbage adjacent"
If there's any phrase that ever deserved to be on a savage industries shirt... that's it. I would so wear that shirt. 😂 Chefs kiss. Perfect.
If you are working in a shop, being garbage adjacent means you are doing work.
I really like how Adam appreciates the simple things in life. The new generation for the most part wants the best of everything and don't appreciate things the same way.
I never thought a screwdriver could look comfortable. Those actually do!
Super cool of Conrad to send those to someone who will take care of them and knows their value.
Inherited mine from my dad after he passed. The smell (you know it) has deep emotional resonance.
Our grandpa had a Rolls Royce on his bedroom dresser, we didn't learn it was an Avon aftershave bottle until years after he passed. Like you said: The smell (you know it) has deep emotional resonance.
Nothing better than getting to share Joy.
Thank you both for creating this moment.
Adam, you are so wonderfully, unapolegetically, nerdy. Never change.
I was working on organizing all the tools my dad and I have when we built our new workshop and I stumbled upon an original set of Vice Grip pliers, the OG's from the 90's that were still US made and the heads were heat treated to allow the teeth to withstand wearing down. I vaguely remember my dad buying them and didn't realize what they were then, but I do now.
I used them on a project one day to remove some rusted pins on some tractor jacks and I simply could not believe the difference between them and the cheap sets we had. They gripped hard, didn't slip and got my project done with little hesitation.
They will forever live with our tools and I have to make sure they don't disappear.
This is the best of Adam right here :)
Adam can literally read product descriptions like old school commercial for hours and I’d watch every single one
The Stanley screwdrivers have a personality, they are like a trusted a family of friends who will always help.
Except for the ones now made in China
@@Billy-burner Ah yes...the yellow peril.
Definitely a trip down memory lane, I’m 50 now and I distinctly remember my dad having a whole set of these, one big flat head in particular was his paint stirrer lol.
Adam needs to listen to the song “Dupe - Kontrolla” when he opens that, it will feel better 😅😅
Thought I was the only one who is really attached to these screwdrivers. Have 4 in my tool belt and have been there for decades. your right, they just fit the hand. When I go to estate sales and yard sales I always search for these. Thanks....
I swear I can smell a draw full of screwdrivers through the screen.
I have some of my father's tools and some of my grandfather's tools. My father passed away last year and my grandfather passed away 20 years ago. Every time I use one of their tools, it brings a smile on my face. Fond memories.
Adam's coverage of these has certainly given me a new appreciation for the bare handful we have in my household, inherited from grandparents' workshops.
Isn't it nice when you find something you have wanted for, like Adam. 40+ years, then find/are given exactly that item. Simple things satisfy the most unusual of people. Glad you finally got what you were looking for Adam, especially in that condition.
People don't understand the connection a man has with his father's tools.
My dad was effectively a banker and SCCA production class racer in the 70's. His tools were stolen. I am a semi retired mechanic who taught at the collegiate level for 5 years. I do have the bent coat hanger he used to adjust the valves on a BMW 1600 or 2002. Also as a semi retired gold and silversmith, I use a modified file to adjust the valves on my 1972 BMW 2002 club race car. My tooling far outstripped his. Lastly, I am now a semi retired building/house/domicile rejuvenator with even more tools. Some of us grew up.
When my grandpa and his best friend (he was a carpenter in his working career), both had since passed away, they had gotten two Stanley hammers and other items to build a garage for when my grandparents move to where to what was their weekend camping spot. The garage was built in 1994. What I liked about the hammers was they weigh, that the handle was fiberglass enclosed in yellow plastic, and a rubber grip to hold onto. When I moved out (grandparents raised me) for college he gifted me a tool box with some tools and one of the hammers along with this screw driver with exchangeable bits that I remembered him using for various repairs and projects he had done with me as a gopher. I still have that hammer and screw driver.
I too have some tools in original packaging that will never be opened! 😮
I too have a collection of tools from both grandfather's and my father. Only one grandfather has passed. But I think of each of these men in my life everytime I use one of their old tools
Would love to see you recreate the packaging of it
Having a terrible terrible time today. Didn't feel well getting up, had stuff to do I didn't want to do and no one to help me with any of it. Dropping things, losing things, making mistakes and getting to do things over... AGAIN! I made myself a PB&J, a bag of potato chips and as always backed it up with a tall glass of ice cold milk. I'm over 50 years old and it's still my favorite go-to lunch. I was needed to refuel and try to get myself to amp down some. I had meant to re-watch some of the instructional videos I'd been absorbing and accidently launched this video from the sidebar while getting sat down. I have been an appreciative fan of yours Adam, (I feel I can call you that, cause we're friends like that on this side of the screen and all) since the busting of myths began and then plenty else since. It had been a handful of years since I had seen or heard something on the inter-webs of yourself, but it didn't take a full 8 seconds of listening to your voice for me to hit relaxed, enjoying my food, and not worrying about my problems one bit. I absolutely felt like you were having a conversation just with me. I was sitting down in your shop, having a bite to eat and getting a little downtime story telling in. I chew, you talk; absolute perfection! This moment of relief in an of itself was a wonderous gift for today. Oh but you're not done. Of course I have several of those Stanley Workmaster drivers! I think it's the same for a lot of us in that club and it is just like you described: For a very long time given by someone deeply loved and missed so very very much. I didn't know how badly I needed his company today though, but you certainly did, and you just brought him right along with you, easy as could be, sat him down at the bench right here with us. By the way, for the official record of such things, he made the best PB&J's this side of heaven has ever seen. I could hear in your voice when you shared about the blue paint on the handle and see in the way you were holding the replacement just how much you treasured the original and what pain the loss of it is too you even still. Everything turned on for me right here and full blast man. All of the emotion I have tried to relay into this post came through me at once. I had no idea sitting down that my dusty, disorganized workshop, would become connected to yours across all of the entirety of space and right straight through time itself, giving me a luncheon with not only a great and wise man of his years but he brought my life's greatest hero along for the visit. Science will likely never fully understand how you do it sir, but please don't ever stop. Never doubt, not even for a Planck length, that you are one of the most genuine, connectable and relatable human beings this earth has ever had walk upon it. It shines through on every! single! thing! you do and as vividly as your perfectly unmistakable hair.
Yes, I realize I am long winding a comment on a video that already has 1482 of them and over 1.1M views in the 4 weeks+ since its release. I am also aware this comment of mine is not likely likely to be read by Adam, he is one busy man. In fact I will be lucky if 7 people in the next 2 years actually read this in its entirety. Here's hope one of those seven folks gets to feel an ounce of how I am feeling at this very second I am writing it...
Man, what a great day!
Had six growing up, can verify. Sadly one production run they used a resin that over time would start to smell like rancid jock in the toolbox. Mother sold all my dads AND my hand tools when he passed so she could move out, didn't know she couldn't read my name on a couple toolboxes. All gone.
If you are ever in CT, you might enjoy a trip to the New Britain Industrial Museum. They have tons of tools and hardware that were produced in New Britain, including many Stanley products.
When you're amazing at gift giving. Way to go Conrad!
I also just love this line of screwdrivers for all the reasons mentioned. I even wrote to Stanley to ask why they stopped building the best tool ever. I have been able to score a few at yard sales and still love and use them.
My home town is where Stanley used to be headquartered. I grew up a few miles from their old factory, with my family always having Stanley stuff.
My dad has a set of old craftsman screw drivers. He's had and used them before I was born(1990). It's always wonderful to go over and get to use them. Brings be back
Made in U.S.A. by U.S.A. workers with U.S.A materials
Another Connecticut company
Located in New Britain Connecticut
There are darned few screws out there anymore worthy of being turned with these.
@@peterpiper_203 Grew up in New Britain. My mom stll lives there. Im one town over.
@@johnlazlo1908
Gotta get out Connecticut
It is fascinating to find people who value their tools as much as I do. Most of my power tools are over 20 years old but are still in their original boxes. I use them, clean them, and return them to the boxes. It is the same with my hand tools. My parents bought me a basic kit for my 12th birthday, and I still have the spanners, pliers, and keyhole saw that were part of that kit nearly 50 years later. Somebody stole the toolbox, which broke my heart. I also have the handsaws that my grandfather purchased as an apprentice builder in the 1920s. These have been sharpened, the teeth set, and are in their original canvas cases. I respect anyone who respects their tools.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I'd like to plead my case to Adam: tools are meant to be used, and you have plenty treasures in your hoard. You don't really need TWO unopened original vintage screwdrivers, especially not when one of them is the one you're missing from the set! Open that one, honor it by making use of it, as it was intended, and keep the duplicate in it's packaging for posterity. Trust me, it'll feel good. We're only here for a short while, you know this. Use it.
The sad thing here is it's not two of the same driver. One is slotted, and outher is Philips. I believe I had both been Phillips he may have done as you suggested 😮
The tools I inherited from my father are some of my most priceless possessions. One is a dual box end wrench that he bent with a torch for a specific task. Miss ya dad.
Stanley are goat level
Once were. If you claim they are goat today, you know crap about tools.
They are not
@@JohnDoeGoGoGo😂😂...or you don't know how old my tools are
@@JohnDoeGoGoGo calm down its not that serious. Tools don't always have to be of quality for someone to be excited about nostalgia
@@Govanmauler Yeah, old Stanley are just like old Craftsman, back when America built the best. I grew up only a few miles from Stanleys old factory in New Britain CT. That city was once the hardware capital of the world churning out precision machined stuff like crazy, but now all the factories have closed down as production moved overseas.
Mt favorites, too. When I got mine in 1987 they were called Stanley Professional, IIRC. Flat blades have smoky green handles, Phillips are yellow. I chose them because of the color difference, then found that they fit my hand very nicely.
Is there is a cat in there?
I used this model of Stanley screwdrivers for 20 years at one of my old jobs that was a control panel shop. And the technician before me probably had 15 years of service on them. And when I left they were still in serviceable condition. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Its this kind of click bait that flatly drives views.
Dad, stop it! :)
You’re stretching it for the puns, my friend😂
I love these short vignettes! My favorite screwdriver is a blue handle screwdriver that converts from a #2 Phillips to a Flathead that I bought from Radio Shack when I went to work for them in 1980. The tips fit screw heads so they don't slip and round out screw heads and the handle allows me to get enough torque to undo most screws I come in contact with.
I’m not a tools guy by any measure, but I see that you enjoy the simple aesthetic things like those and I respect it. The tools clear handles is very cool
I have never heard a more acurate description of how a tool feels in ones hands than this one. In my early years, Stanley screw drivers were a part of my growing tool collection in the mid to late 70's and this video brought back the younger version of me doing backyard car repair with only enough tools to fit in a lunch box sized tool box. Among them were four of these very screw drivers. This brought back the wonder of that time and the appreciation of a well built tool. Thank you.
Snap-On used to offer a service where they would replace just the shaft of your screwdriver if it got damaged, to keep your set matching perfectly.
I have used this technique to reuse handles that I like, replacing the shaft with a hex driver shaft so I can use interchangeable hex bits.
Adam could find one of these old Stanleys with an irreparably damaged tip and do the same thing, adding a lot of versatility to his set.
It's cool to have a set of vintage screwdrivers, but sometimes you need a torx or hex driver.
My family business has been around since 1923. We specialize in everything from paint and wallpaper to appliances to hand tools, hardware and industry specific tooling. We still have one of our original locations and the basement is absolutely full of tools just like this. Out of curiosity, I went in and looked and found about three sets of these work masters still in the packaging.
"Communicative Design" never heard of the term until now.
Makes a whole bunch of sense.
Those were my favorites also. I owned them when I first started a state apprenticeship program for "cabinet making" in 1980 (I was actually hired on at a family-owned antique repair and reproduction shop and learned to hand make reproductions). Somewhere along the way I lost those screwdrivers, but I can still feel them in my hands.
I still have a set of SK sockets and a SK screwdriver my Dad gave to me when I was about 14, way back in about 1969. The screwdriver which is a combo with drivers on board in the handle is used almost every day. Great tool.
My 75 y/o father has a set of these, and they were his favorite as well... 👍👍