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Yea, with some minor changes the OP could be something I wrote. I love my tools, and after a lifetime it is rare anymore I honestly have to have a new tool, but that does not stop me from getting more. When I pick up one pair of oversize channel locks that are well worn, I think of my father-in-law that used to own it. When I use the bench vice on my bench I think of my grandfather on my my mom's side. When I dig into an old metal clad tool box put together with hand made nails, I think of my own youth, looking for tools that same box at grandpas house, and knowing he got it from his father and likely from his grandfather before. I have several tools my dad used to have, and several he gave to me as gifts for birthdays or Christmas.
My first "cordless drill" was a brace I pulled from that tool box. I needed a hole drilled through a 2x4 in the far end of my attic back in 1980, and I did not own enough extension cords to reach. The brace and a wood bit made easy work of it. It hangs on my garage wall next to my timing light and dwell meter, and oil can opener-spout on display.
I do have a nephew to give the tools to. I will let his sort through what he wants when I can't use them anymore.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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