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The original was posted on /r/electricians by /u/reeksfamous on 2024-01-23 00:58:50+00:00.

Was thinking about something today on the job, looking at my linesman and I had a moment of pride because I’m a new sparky. I’ve only been doing electrical Full-time for a year now. I’ve been doing it on the side for 4 years (Management Banking).

My linesman looked visibly worn, and while I was proud of myself I also wanted to buy a new pair cause my current pair looked like I been doing this 15 years with this same pliers! Obviously I made mistake as a new guy which added to the ware so that’s why I’d rather get a new pair and be able to keep these looking better cause I’m better now. Which type of sparky are you?

TLDR: you prefer new pliers or would you rather your pliers look aged from a lot of work?