Comments on: Editorial: What Are Feel and Comfort Worth? http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:54:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: noname http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-362103 noname Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:37:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-362103 I bet somebodey in the forseeable future will come up with personalised tool handles. Kits like the ones you can get for those mouthguards would be the cheapest way i can think of-but they would probably have to be tool specific. If you could think of some kind of cheap add-on handle kit then you could make a mint I bet somebodey in the forseeable future will come up with personalised tool handles. Kits like the ones you can get for those mouthguards would be the cheapest way i can think of-but they would probably have to be tool specific.

If you could think of some kind of cheap add-on handle kit then you could make a mint

]]> By: Shannon Love http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-238186 Shannon Love Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:21:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-238186 I think the feel and comfort of tools very important. Tools that fit one's hand make it easier to work accurately, safely and for long periods. Even minor annoyances in a tools design become major impediments if one must use the tool over and over again. I am perhaps overly sensitive to such flaws due to my interest in design. I sometimes catch my self putting off a task because I must use a tool that annoys me. An ideal tool virtually disappears from your awareness as you use it. Mind, body, tool and task merge into a zen like state of toolvana. In such a state one can work productively for hours. Yet, it takes only a minor flaw in a tool to yank one back to gritty reality. I think the feel and comfort of tools very important. Tools that fit one’s hand make it easier to work accurately, safely and for long periods. Even minor annoyances in a tools design become major impediments if one must use the tool over and over again.

I am perhaps overly sensitive to such flaws due to my interest in design. I sometimes catch my self putting off a task because I must use a tool that annoys me.

An ideal tool virtually disappears from your awareness as you use it. Mind, body, tool and task merge into a zen like state of toolvana. In such a state one can work productively for hours. Yet, it takes only a minor flaw in a tool to yank one back to gritty reality.

]]> By: ToolFreak http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-235153 ToolFreak Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:12:59 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-235153 Well, yeah. Just like your workboots, if they're uncomfortable (like a certain pair I have), you won't use them, and instead go for the ones that fit like a glove and you can work in all day. This is especially true for more commonly used tools. Sure, you can probably use most any hammer if you've just got a few nails to bang in...but if you're going to be hammering lots of nails on a house frame...you'll probably want that ol' trusty one that is the perfect weight, length, and size for you. Well, yeah. Just like your workboots, if they’re uncomfortable (like a certain pair I have), you won’t use them, and instead go for the ones that fit like a glove and you can work in all day. This is especially true for more commonly used tools. Sure, you can probably use most any hammer if you’ve just got a few nails to bang in…but if you’re going to be hammering lots of nails on a house frame…you’ll probably want that ol’ trusty one that is the perfect weight, length, and size for you.

]]> By: tim underwood http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-234235 tim underwood Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:41:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-234235 What's a comfortable ergonomic grip for one person, is somebody's elses clunker. As a hobby blacksmith, I either make my own hammers and other tools or buy from a specific maker who has the same concept of a good tool as I do. Plus I have no fear of taking a rasp and belt sander to any handle to make it fit my hand. What’s a comfortable ergonomic grip for one person, is somebody’s elses clunker. As a hobby blacksmith, I either make my own hammers and other tools or buy from a specific maker who has the same concept of a good tool as I do.
Plus I have no fear of taking a rasp and belt sander to any handle to make it fit my hand.

]]> By: Fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-234229 Fred Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:29:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/15/editorial-what-are-feel-and-comfort-worth/#comment-234229 I have small hands - so what I buy/like for myself - may not be the tool of choice for some of my crew members. That's particularly true for hand tools - but can be extended to power tools - both corded and cordless. My wife is left handed - she thought that she could not cut straight until I got her a pair of left-handed scissors. This can also translate into safety - or the lack of it. Even after proper training - some tools may not feel right in you hands. That's probably your brain telling you to leave that tool to others to use. I'm reminded also that practice and continual use may make you better at tool use. Just try the old Abe Lincoln myth about splitting rails with an axe. Maybe if you did this every day you might get good at it. I have small hands - so what I buy/like for myself - may not be the tool of choice for some of my crew members. That’s particularly true for hand tools - but can be extended to power tools - both corded and cordless. My wife is left handed - she thought that she could not cut straight until I got her a pair of left-handed scissors.
This can also translate into safety - or the lack of it. Even after proper training - some tools may not feel right in you hands. That’s probably your brain telling you to leave that tool to others to use.
I’m reminded also that practice and continual use may make you better at tool use. Just try the old Abe Lincoln myth about splitting rails with an axe. Maybe if you did this every day you might get good at it.

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