Thread: Selling your tools before age defeats you.

In 1988 my brother and I were summoned by our sisters to get Dads house ready to sell. Dad and Mum were in a retirement home by this time. The sisters had been chipping away at the contents inside for some months. Dads garage/shed was what the girls got us to attack. Dad came through the Depression which made him "fix" what ever was broken and don't throw things out because they may be able to be used else where. It took us the best part of a week to sort out and chuck out a lot of other stuff. (The brother and I live 6 hours away from Dads house)
When it came to Dads tool assortment my brother asked me what I wanted. I found it hard to even contemplate. Being a Carpenter I had more than enough of my own tools so the brother ended up with the tools. Over time he has made up shadow boards so he can use them on his projects. I get a kick out of seeing Dads tools on the shadow boards and knowing the brother is using them.

With regards to my own mountain of stuff......I think I would like to organise them in some cataloging system on the computer making it easier for the family to see what and how much things are. The son-in-law is a bit handy but he also is well set up so I don't think he will want many/if any tools. I used to think I would like to know my collection went to someone who would appreciate it, but I have since come to the fact that it doesn't matter what happens.