Ugly cut heals better than a pretty one" is gonna be my new motto. I flush cut a whole row of cedars years back cause it looked neat, and every single one got rot. Guess my chainsaw had better taste than my brain.

That number depends on how many bad cuts you survived first.

So a three dollar pick just dunked on your whole tool budget. That is a rough day for the wallet. Funny how the stuff we baby and oil never pulls its weight and the junk from the bargain bin saves the hitch. My rule now is buy cheap first and only upgrade once the cheap one breaks, which so far has saved me more money than it has cost me.