Alan,

This sounds like a great idea, but the problem I have is that my "early 
purchases" when I knew nothing about tool buying (as opposed to now, 
when I know ALMOST nothing about tool buying) are, in many cases,  worth 
a pittance compared to what I originally  paid for them.   I know that I 
need to clear dozens of planes and other tools out of the shop so that I 
can get into it and actually do something, but I can't bear to take them 
to a tool meet (like the one today in Bedford - SWTCA/M-WTCA Area I) 
 with price tags significantly less than I paid 10 or 15 years ago.  Or 
put them on the bay knowing that they are going to go for a fraction of 
what I paid originally.  To do either would confirm that I was (am?) a 
total klutz - incapable of striking a reasonable bargain.  Very bad for 
the ego.  Besides, SWMBO knows what I paid for some of these.  :-(

Frank (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)

Alan N. Graham wrote:

>I find myself now examining the tools and wondering whether to get rid
>of a few. The quality and unusual ones will stay, but some of the early
>purchases, bought when my knowledge and experience were minimal, lay
>unused and unloved in remote places in the shop.
>