The fate of all fakes

This snap being of the corner of one of the early fakes, from the first eager flush of collecting, back in August of last year. See references 1 and 2. Perhaps accidentally bashed in by some heavy object.

A fake which nicely illustrates our modern way of going wrong, the graceless degradation of things modern. A genuinely wooden tool box might have got shabby, might have started to rot a bit around the back, but would not have cracked up in the way of this plastic. And even if it had, one could have always cut out the offending bit of wood and let in a new bit. Almost an invisible mend.

From where I associate to modern shoes, composites, made of dozens of bits and bobs, where one piece of leather would have done in the olden days, more or less impossible to mend at all. That is not to say that modern things are not all of cheap, clever and good-looking, just that they do not mend. They do not grow old gracefully.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/fake-2.html.

Reference 2: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/diy-time-at-network-rail.html.