What tools for apprentice plumber?

[Chuck]

I am an appentrice plumber and want to buy my first set of tools - Advice please on what I need.

Engraver so you can mark your name on every other tool you buy.

I inherited a set of tools that were originally my great-grandfather's. He was a cabinet maker and one of the things the appentices had to do in his day was to make their own set of tools from stock material such as steel rod and bar with carved wooden handles. Remarkable to look at / think about.

 

[Pickwickpick]

Engraver so you can mark your name on every other tool you buy.

I inherited a set of tools that were originally my great-grandfather's. He was a cabinet maker and one of the things the appentices had to do in his day was to make their own set of tools from stock material such as steel rod and bar with carved wooden handles. Remarkable to look at / think about.

I love old tools, have been lucky to inherit some of my grand dad and some off my great uncle, they don't make things like that anymore!

 

[quality]

Alarm clock

 

[Stigster]

All good suggestions here. As an apprentice there will be times where you have to borrow a tool from another tradesman. On a related note, it can often be difficult to know what you need to buy but one thing is for sure - If you need to borrow a tool more than twice you need to buy one for yourself. I'll happily lend tools to people I trust but if they come back for a third time I tell them to go buy their own as they obviously need it.