Your posts are always helpful to me. What you said makes a lot of sense BUT I am sitting here thinking I would never break the Logrite. It would be pretty hard to break a hookaroon under normal use I think.
Speaking of tools, my friends who have purchased those cheap chinese tools, like peaveys, have had very poor performance from them.
The reason I got a Logrite peavey was because my friend broke 3 Peavey handles. He has a sawmill and uses his a lot though. The handles are around $39 IIRC.
Don't get me wrong, I'd never turn down a Logrite tool. They are tops in qualiy, design, and are lightweight. For a Peavey, do prefer the Logrite over the wood handled models. The Peavy Mfg. hookaroon with wood handle is my first hookaroon, and I haven't used it enough to break it, but I certainly expect to do so, lol! If it breaks too often, a Logrite hookaroon will soon be in my shed.