Old school trowel vs. those new plastic ones

I dug with a beat up steel trowel for 15 years at the Clovis site near Denton. Tried a plastic one last summer and it snapped on the third granite pebble. Guess I'll stick with what works.

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the_xena11d ago

Fifteen years with one trowel and it's still kicking, but that plastic one couldn't handle three pebbles? What brand was it anyway, or did you just grab the cheapest one off the rack? I've seen folks swear by those nylon composite trowels for screen work, but your story makes me wonder if they're even worth the hype for anything tougher than dirt.

elizabethg1811d ago

Those nylon composite trowels are actually pretty good for concrete work, not just screen stuff. The problem is if you get the cheap knockoffs they're basically glorified plastic spatulas. A quality one from a brand like Kraft or Marshalltown will hold up fine with normal use, but yeah, no trowel made of composite material is gonna love hitting a bunch of rocks.