GG’s,

Joel’s blog at ToolsForWorkingWood.<http://toolsforworkingwood.com/">http://toolsforworkingwood.com/>com
suggests the following abbreviations for dispositions of tools left on your
workbench.

Original here:
https://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/1112/title/The%20Desk%20
of%20Lost%20Souls">https://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/1112/title/The
%20Desk%20of%20Lost%20Souls

NIWIG - No Idea Where it Goes

NTGBITC - Needs to Go Back Into the  Collection.

MT - My Toolbox

I suggest adding a couple:

SB, meaning Scrap Bin. (British version might be SS - Scrap Skip, as the Brits
refer to large scrap and rubbish bins as “skips”). An example would be “basket
cases” found in “box lots”.  Chisels with badly pitted backs, worn-out files,
etc.  Note that I haven’t said one word about actually taking this bin of
repurpose-able metal to a scrap dealer.  ;)

PB - Parts Bin, for partially-complete tools which were acquired to be “parted
out” for pieces to repair other tools.  For this, I thank the late Mike Dunbar,
whose influential book “Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools”
pointed out that one should buy any antique tool parts which cross your path;
you never know what “needy” tool you’ll acquire in the future.

John Ruth