I'm ready to cry... I've had these since I could first hold tools. They were given to me by my father and I dont know what to do. Please someone tell me I can fix it. It broke trying to cut a wire coat hanger of all things.
This is true. They were well used and it was just such a shock to be honest. It's really an achievement to me because I have adhd and misplace things constantly so the fact that I have kept them long enough for this to happen is quite astonishing. Probably going to mount them somewhere as a testement to good work.
Edit: This is as high up as I think I can get this. Thank you everyone for all the ideas. These are going to go in a shadow box as is. I had a moment of loss and believed that maybe they could be fixed even though I knew it could never be trusted when fixed. I will try to post an update after the box gets made.
I will be looking into new nips and finding one that will hopefully last that I can eventually pass down. Some of you have made some solid recommendations. That will also go in the update as well.
Again thank you so much for indulging me in a bit of mourning for the loss of a good and sentimental tool.