Bargain!
When I was in college I had a tyzak trowel and the lads asked me why I had a nazi trowel........
I got exactly the same one from 1974 , same year I was born and it’s as flat as still now , tbh I use it on backing plasters and exterior works still and like the handle tooif you can zoom in there is a price on the handle , I put this away in the 70s
That was my first trowel, the plasterer I was working with took i me to the tool shop in the shopping centre we were working on and told me what to buy, cost me a fortune and being a t**t I used it for scraping floors and f**k*d the end toe riveti had a double shank, red handle tyzak trowel unused. these double shank trowels where not popular as you could not hang it on a bucket. sold it on ebay for £60 a couple of years ago.
Ck small tools were brilliant still got one that’s over thirty years old, justThe Tyzaks were undoubtedly well put together trowels, made from quality steel, but they didn't give a better finish than a cheap Ragni or CK.
I do have a Tyzak letter opener.
Ragnis were a decent trowel , with a comfortable handle too , plastic version of the tyzack handleThe Tyzaks were undoubtedly well put together trowels, made from quality steel, but they didn't give a better finish than a cheap Ragni or CK.
I do have a Tyzak letter opener.
Ragnis were a decent trowel , with a comfortable handle too , plastic version of the tyzack handle
Lovely collectionHere’s my original Tyzacks
3no. Double shank (one unused)
2no. well worn
1no. Stainless steel in box
And one regular centenary still in the box
Trowel porn
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Should last me til I retireLovely collection
Are you going to start using any of them again? They look brilliant quality, shame they don’t make tyzack like that anymoreShould last me til I retire
@Vincey get your box of tissues readyHere’s my original Tyzacks
3no. Double shank (one unused)
2no. well worn
1no. Stainless steel in box
And one regular centenary still in the box
Trowel porn
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I still use them, I use the double shank for floating and a worn one for finishing. The red handled ones are a harder steel and take ages to break in.Are you going to start using any of them again? They look brilliant quality, shame they don’t make tyzack like that anymore
Collectors items now I would think. I wish I got a brand new one when I first started but I opted for the mt because the guys I was working with used mt so I followed them.I still use them, I use the double shank for floating and a worn one for finishing. The red handled ones are a harder steel and take ages to break in.
I still use them, I use the double shank for floating and a worn one for finishing. The red handled ones are a harder steel and take ages to break in.
Might sound proper mad now but who cares I think it’s quite fascinating stuff ,@Vincey get your box of tissues ready
I’m in loveHere’s my original Tyzacks
3no. Double shank (one unused)
2no. well worn
1no. Stainless steel in box
And one regular centenary still in the box
Trowel porn
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And once it’s broken in, start thinking about buying another one and break that one inOh, my word......
That collection invokes proper nostalgia and only confirms the phrase “ you’ll miss it when it’s gone”......
To the young ‘uns that will be like looking at the first mobile phone or a spectrum computer......it saddens me that they will never know the joys of “breaking in” such a tool.......the hours struggling with a flat, stiff , unforgiving piece of metal, and the joy when you realise that “it’s broken”....and, from that day, it will only get better!!!!
Never seemed any hassle breaking a trowel in when I was doing acres of F&S with S&C. Even a couple of floor screeds pushed them along.Oh, my word......
That collection invokes proper nostalgia and only confirms the phrase “ you’ll miss it when it’s gone”......
To the young ‘uns that will be like looking at the first mobile phone or a spectrum computer......it saddens me that they will never know the joys of “breaking in” such a tool.......the hours struggling with a flat, stiff , unforgiving piece of metal, and the joy when you realise that “it’s broken”....and, from that day, it will only get better!!!!
I was saying about the 12 inch mt I’ve got but I can’t get used to it , 14 inch is best for meNever seemed any hassle breaking a trowel in when I was doing acres of F&S with S&C. Even a couple of floor screeds pushed them along.
I also think that the younger generation will never get to realise that you can get just as much work done with the little 11in trowels as the bigger ones that are prevalent today.
They will do when their elbows blow out AndyNever seemed any hassle breaking a trowel in when I was doing acres of F&S with S&C. Even a couple of floor screeds pushed them along.
I also think that the younger generation will never get to realise that you can get just as much work done with the little 11in trowels as the bigger ones that are prevalent today.
My Mrs says the same about my old 6”...........