Hey Nitetimes,
That's lookin' pretty "good" there.
Just curiuos... Have you ever been called a pack rat before?
Hey Doug,
(I got busy and forgot to get back to you)
I think you have a winner!
BTW- I know what you mean about your buddy that could cut boards...
When I was working nights in a local saw mill during my college days, I befriended a coworker that talked a good talk. He invited me over to check out his shop and low and behold... He had everything you could ever imagine, especially his hand tool selection.
The funny thing was... he never used them from what I could see. That shop was more like one big trophy case.
Some time later, he asked me if I could help him on a project he was doing. Turned out, I was right. I had had to show him even the simplest of things, like how to use a wood chisel.
He got real upset with me, when I used one of his hammers to tap on a chisel, because it left a mark on the steel cap at the end of the handle.
He was building a head board for his water bed. He later asked me if I had time to finish it for him, I did... but not in his shop or with his tools.