I recently gave some thought to the hand tools I have acquired over my working life as a Boatbuilder.
Tools are the extension of a craftmans limbs and brain.
That which makes that piece of wood, that baulk of timber, that plank, into an object that fits the use of man. These tools have served me well for the better part of 35 years. Each tool has a story, a history of its own. How I learned that I needed a particular tool. How I learned what was a good tool and what was a poor tool for the job at hand.