On 10/11/2012 12:43 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:49:30 -0400, Bill wrote:

Larry, Since you liked that, I thought I would show you this craigslist
purchase that I made last week. I put the seller's picture on my web
site: 14 Swiss gouges and 4 German chip-carving knives (made by
"Bracht", which was bought up by Two-Cherries) (I'm not sure what to do
with all but the standard one). I paid $200:

http://web.newsguy.com/MySite/

The previous owner marked the gouges to coincide with the pockets of his
homemade tool roll.

Not a bad buy, but not a really good one, either. Fair Dinkum,
anyway.

Yes, I understand. But if you spend a few months chasing Pfeil gouges
around ebay, you might look at it with a slightly different light. At
the time, I was opting to buy a 6 pc set from Woodcraft for $160 - 15% +
sales tax, when their annual 15%-Off sale came around. So I basically
got those and 8 more for $200. I agree that spending $200 for gouges is
not fun.


Selling the golf cart (which was given to me) for a grand after a $5
investment was my suck-o'-the-week. I gave the previous owner a $100
bill back and asked for a bill of sale. Net profit for an hour's
work: $895.

Some people seem to have a knack for that. I'll keep working on my skills!

Cheers,
Bill