wow, you guy don't have to get defensive....
I also clean my tools after most every uses. My drawer liners DO NOT consist of grease chunks and/or little oil pools. I was simply making an observation.
I'll also not put it past some of you to simply collect tools and claim them as to be 'used'.
Trust me, I have ell over $10K invested in top brand qaulity tools...they're gonna wear. Don't confuse productivity with winning beauty pagents.
The point I was getting to, came to me when viewing the Snap-On composite ball peens. I regularly have to beat off rusted on rotors and more than once, my hammer (Snap On composite ball peen, green as shown in other pictures), has slipped and taken a few chunks out the hammer body.
You can't be thinking "Damn, which way can I swing this hammer to
NOT get is scuffed up?"
The whole idea that comes to my mind sometimes is that "How can I use this fine new looking tool during everyday practical use, without gwetting it scratched or ruining that sweet chrome?" To me, that's
not why you purchase top of the line quality tools. I understand respect for what you use, but there is a practicality line somewhere.
To each his own.
And any more defensive comments directed towards my posting will result in my critical thinking of that sole persons' insecurities
ps-and there is a MAJOR night'day difference between professional and shadetree tools use....you can't even compare. If you use them that much as work on the side, then you're a professional...hypocrite