21st January 2006
"A poor workman blames his tools."
* Possible Interpretation: Good workmanship depends no more on the
quality of the tools than it does on the way in which they are
used, so to blame the tools for bad workmanship is to attempt to
excuse one's own lack of skill.
* In former times, a blacksmith would have made his own tools, so
the act of blaming one's tools would rebound on oneself.
* This wording of this proverb also has the double meaning : " A
workman without much money blames the quality of his tools".
