M/S Century Tools

M/S Century Tools is tucked away at No. 20 on 1st Street in Karambakkam. It’s not the easiest place to find if you aren’t looking for it, but we’ve been here long enough that the regulars know the way. The street is usually narrow and crowded with bikes and the occasional delivery truck trying to squeeze through. Inside the shop, it smells like metal and oil, which is pretty much what you’d expect from a tool place. We have wrenches, hammers, and all sorts of industrial bits scattered around. Some are in bins and some are still in their boxes. We spend a lot of our morning just moving crates around and making sure we know where everything is. The fan in the corner makes a bit of a clicking sound, but we’ve stopped noticing it. It’s mostly just a few of us here. We don’t have a website that works right or any of that corporate stuff. We just answer the phone and help whoever walks through the door. The floor is concrete and has a few stains from years of work. Sometimes the neighbors come by just to chat for a minute while we’re sorting through a new shipment. It’s a quiet routine for the most part. We keep the ledger on a wooden desk that’s seen better days. That’s just how things are at the shop in Karambakkam.