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Tool Condition Grading Chart

A lot of our old tools have a condition grading at the end of the description, especially the woodwork tools. The chart below gives the Category and what that means:

	Category	Useable	Finish	Wear	Repair	Rust	Misc.
N	New	Totally	100%	none	none	none	plus original package
F	Fine	Totally	90-100%	Minimal	none	trace
G+	Good+	Yes	75-90%	normal	minor or none	light	some nicks or scratch ok
G	Good	Yes	50-75%	norm - mod	minor	light	minor chips
G-	Good -	probably	30-50%	mod - heavy	correct	mod	chips ok
Fr	Fair	No	0-30%	excessive	major	mod - heavy
P	Poor	No	not applicable	excessive	damaged	heavy