Greetings,
 This will be a short one as I'm yet not an accomplished woodworker like most 
of you. I'm 48 years young and am a mechanical designer. 
 I just got interested in old tools a couple of years ago. A co-worker and I 
started out making "toolgrimages" on our days off. They were no more than an 
afternoon spent hitting all the woodworking stores and used tool shops.
 Then one fateful day I saw the poster of the Studley tool chest. The 
slippery slope had been encountered. I decided that I could build a nice 
chest and find enough vintage tools to fill it. What was once a notion 
quickly became a passion. 
  If he were still with us, Mr. Studley would likely shake his head at my 70+ 
hand planes, 30+ saws, 50+ chisels, etc., etc... and wonder why the heck I 
need all this stuff. I've also sold hundreds of tools on *B*y to support my 
habit. 
 I spend my spare time cruising the flea markets, antique shops, and making 
tool stuff like saw handles. I'm also in the process of making a brass bound 
level out of black walnut.
 I'll build my tool chest soon, but I know I'll have a major problem deciding 
what to put in it. The other option is to build it the size of a Buick.
 Mr. Knight "turned me on" to this group, and I owe him a big thanks (and a 
bunch of plane handles). And I owe you all a big thanks for being helpful, 
enlightening, and entertaining as well. You also serve a constant reminder 
that I'm not the only one that is caught on this slippery slope!
Cheers,
Wayne