What’s the ONE tool you’d never lend out — and why?

[HandyHarry]

You can be generous with clamps and extension cords…
But what’s the one tool you refuse to lend, no matter who asks — brother-in-law, best friend, or even your dad?

I’ll go first: my vintage Stanley No. 62 low angle jack plane. I spent weeks restoring it, and the sole is flat to 0.001”. Someone drops it, I cry.


Bonus points if you've got a story about a time you did lend something and lived to regret it.

Let’s hear it — the sacred tools you guard with your life.

 

[Fanatic]

My IRWIN bar clamps. Not because they’re fancy… but because no one EVER brings clamps back.
Lending out a clamp is like releasing it into the wild.

 

[Miller88]

Lent out my Bosch router to a neighbor.
Got it back with a cracked base, wrong bit installed upside-down, and sawdust still packed in the motor.
Now it’s a shop decoration. I point at it during tool safety talks.

 

[Hard Driller]

Well, If it has a blade and I sharpened it myself, it stays in my shop.
I’ll gladly do the job with you. But you don’t get to borrow my edge. 😀

 

[Michael Frost]

Wow, I never thought some of you treated your screwdrivers and hammers like Fabergé eggs. If it breaks, it's trash. If not, it's good. What's the big deal?