Many items of gear seem important to buy and wind up covered in dust or rust.
This is the category of Unexpectedly Useful.
I wavered five years ago before buying an overpriced hot knife from Sailrite. I could cut line with a knife. I could sear the ends with a torch. I did not need a small valise containing a large product to do expensively what I could by numerous other means. And I knew I was right.
I was wrong. Turns out that this hot knife gets used every two weeks. It cuts lines instantly, it molds or reconfigures household plastic, it seals fabric, it cuts belts and webbing, it melts frays, and of course cuts and seals the patterns for fabrics like Sunbrella. It has a mysterious variety of unintended uses--for me, anyhow.
Also, you can put your initials on the steak.
This is the category of Unexpectedly Useful.
I wavered five years ago before buying an overpriced hot knife from Sailrite. I could cut line with a knife. I could sear the ends with a torch. I did not need a small valise containing a large product to do expensively what I could by numerous other means. And I knew I was right.
I was wrong. Turns out that this hot knife gets used every two weeks. It cuts lines instantly, it molds or reconfigures household plastic, it seals fabric, it cuts belts and webbing, it melts frays, and of course cuts and seals the patterns for fabrics like Sunbrella. It has a mysterious variety of unintended uses--for me, anyhow.
Also, you can put your initials on the steak.
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