I said that backwards. If the tool-user exceeds the tool’s strength, he can destroy the tool.
But it would be good if we could buy strapping young man tools, and not little middle-aged lady gardener tools. Then I could put the strapping young men to more work.
Around the oilfields when a strapping young man breaks a handle on a shovel they weld a pipe to the shovel for a handle then give it back to him to use.
Ever had to use a shovel with a pipe for a handle after it was left laying in the Texas summer sun?
A few times doing that and they learn to appreciate a wooden handle.