Just curious, do farm repairs mean an automatic no-go to your tool collection? I don't mean an arc weld splatter repair done by a 8 year old with two car batteries and a wire coat hanger, but a well done repair that made the tool usable for another 50+ years. I've been finding more and more braze repaired tools and I'm starting to prefer these. Obviously not collectible or worth anything, but the imagined story behind the repair intrigues me. I have no doubt this teens-1920's 15 inch H.D.Smith monkey wrench will outlive me and continue to work flawlessly for another 100 years.

A well-done repair on a useful tool wouldn't bother me; and, yes, in particular, I"m fine with a tool whose history shows a previous owner who could solve problems.

there are some repairs that do more damage than repair!  Some repairs are pretty cool thinking using common items "to get it going again"