At what point is it new?
Edward in Vancouver
>Picked up a screw driver for $2, large flat blade, turned beech handle with two flat cheeks and a solid brass ferrule. Was once upon a nice thing, but now the wood around the ferrule has snapped off, the blade dented and banged up, smears of paint and gawd knows what else all over, and the handle is pretty much toast.
So I turn a new handle for it out of a scrap of maple burl, following the original pattern fairly closely, making two large flat cheeks on either side, straighten out the blade, grind the blade square with fresh surfaces at about 2" from the tip. Sparks tell me it's good tool steel, maybe from the '30's or '40's. Afterwards I take it to 800 then 1200 then 4000 on my stones. The rest of the shank has been polished, but still has nicks and dings, but I made sure the orginal MB stamp in a diamond is still visible.
Never my intention to sell it, I'm not a collector, just want to use it. Round, corrugated plastic handles never really turned me on, but this "new & improved" screwdriver does. But what is it? New and improved? Doctored up? Frankenstein?
