Don't hate me for chatting with the MSM.  As it turns out, they are pretty knowledgeable and fair in this case.  Actually, Doug Mahoney, while working for the New York Times-owned Wirecutter, is actually as non-MSM as it comes--working as a freelancer and carpenter in rural New England.

Doug wrote this article.  Here is my response.  Here is a link to Episode 92, where I talked to Dan about this article.

VPD:

Doug: Flat Carpenter's Pencil, Kizer Gemini, Foam Ear Plugs

Me: Gareth Bull Small Shamwari, Muyshondt Aeon Mk. 3

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