Otherwise he was a good sort, and a handy man on trail or over a fire.
He seems to be a handy man to have around.
"I'd say that makes you a handy man to have around and about."
On the other hand, he was also an ape, and a handy man to have around in an emergency.
He was said to be a handy man with a six-shooter.
He's a handy man with a knife, they tell me.
In fact, he's a pretty handy man to have around the house.
"I thought he was just a handy man, whom Harvey hired."
He was, it seemed, a handy man to have around.
But on the current international Wagner tenor market, he's a handy man to have around.